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addresses and place names
Merops locatio
• standardizes
names of countries, regions and cities
• pattern-match
identification of towns and cities
• identifies
rivers, lakes, ranges, mountains, etc.
• standardizes
postcodes
• coordinates
and grid references
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names
Merops nominus
• given
names, initials, family names and prefixes
• roles
and qualifications
• Asian
surnames
• author
groups
• punctuation
within or between these elements
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institutions
Merops instituto standardizes
full and abbreviated:
• names of intergovernmental organizations,
associations, institutions and agencies
• corporate institutional names
• academic institutional names
• medical institutional names
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punctuation
Merops
punctum
• formatting
and spacing around punctuation signs
• exception
handling
• quotation-mark
style consistent
• en
rules in word pairings
• primes
and apostrophes differentiated
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