Authority Control Name Form Normalizer (surname first)

Invert a personal name into the inverted catalog form 'Surname, Forename(s)', treating common nobiliary particles as part of the surname; token order is a heuristic.

Description

Heuristically invert a personal name into surname-first form while retaining contiguous common surname particles.

Invert a personal name into the inverted catalog form 'Surname, Forename(s)', treating common nobiliary particles as part of the surname; token order is a heuristic.

When to use Authority Control Name Form Normalizer (surname first)

  • Heuristically invert a personal name into surname-first form while retaining contiguous common surname particles.
  • Apply the same explicit rule consistently during ingest, quality control, reporting, or preservation planning.
  • Expose records that need human review without silently rewriting the source data.

How the calculation works

Contiguous particles such as de la are kept together; an existing comma is treated as an already inverted boundary.1

Forenames Particle Surname → Particle Surname, Forenames

Interpreting the result

Contiguous particles such as de la are kept together; an existing comma is treated as an already inverted boundary.

Limitations and assumptions

  • Name order is culturally dependent and cannot be reliably inferred from tokens alone; authority records should preserve supplied forms and identifiers.
  • Preserve the original value and record the rule version when using this result in an archival workflow.

References

  1. Digital preservation — Wikipedia contributors

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