3.638 detecting acronyms? (28)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Wed, 25 Oct 89 17:36:17 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 638. Wednesday, 25 Oct 1989.

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 89 19:52:26 EDT
From: "James H. Coombs" <JAZBO@BROWNVM>
Subject: Detecting Acronyms


Does anyone have algorithms for detecting acronyms in English-language
text? I am converting the Mendelian Inheritance in Man to hypertext and
want to convert several fields from all caps to mixed case. I am checking
syllable structure to detect such acronyms as DNA and ACTH, which should
stay in upper case. Perhaps someone has done something similar?

--Jim

Dr. James H. Coombs
Senior Software Engineer, Research
Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS)
Brown University, Box 1946
Providence, RI 02912
jazbo@brownvm.bitnet