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It isn't a matter of word-length. It is a question of part of speech. "Is" is a verb. Generally verbs are capitalized in titles. On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would not have capitalized the bisb. > > > > Cheers, > > > > E. > > -- > > Eliot Kimber > > http://contrext.com > > > > > > *From: *"Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@lists. > mulberrytech.com> > *Reply-To: *<xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Date: *Monday, April 9, 2018 at 5:09 PM > *To: *xsl-list <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Subject: *Re: XSLT function for title capitalization? > > > > My copy-editors at Wiley tried to impose US-style title capitalization on > my book, I found it incredibly ugly: > > > bLulab Is Inmate at Prison He Opened as Brazilbs President > <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/americas/brazil-lula-jail.html> > > > > "Is", "at", "He", "as"? Where's the logic? > > > > Michael Kay > > Saxonica > > > > On 9 Apr 2018, at 21:52, David Sewell dsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxx < > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Wondering if anyone has a serviceable function (preferably in XSLT 2/3 but > v1 is fine if it works) that takes a string as input and returns it with > title capitalization according to English-language editorial practice (for > example, Chicago Manual of Style). So for example > > A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ==> A Memorandum of Understanding > > WHERE DID THE DRUIDS COME FROM? ==> Where Did the Druids Come From? > > BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF [MR.] KITE ==> Being for the Benefit of [Mr.] Kite > > Use case is, as you might guess, processing a lot of titles transcribed as > all caps, wanting to convert them to standard title case format. > > It doesn't have to be perfect, just anything that will minimize the need > for hand-editing. > > David S. > > -- > David Sewell > Manager of Digital Initiatives > The University of Virginia Press > Email: dsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxx <dsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Tel: +1 434 924 9973 > Web: http://www.upress.virginia.edu/rotunda > > > > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > > EasyUnsubscribe <http://-list/1278982> (by email) > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <-list/1312897> (by > email <>) > -- "A false conclusion, once arrived at and widely accepted is not dislodged easily, and the less it is understood, the more tenaciously it is held." - Cantor's Law of Preservation of Ignorance.
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