Capitalisecapitalize

Capitalisecapitalize is a term used in discussions of text processing to describe a policy or algorithm for applying a consistent capitalization style to text. It combines the British English spelling capitalise and the American English capitalize, reflecting a cross-dialect or locale-aware approach to capitalization. The term is not widely standardized and is primarily used as a descriptive label in software development, typography, and localization contexts.

It typically covers decisions about sentence case, title case for headings, and the treatment of proper nouns and abbreviations. A capitalisecapitalize policy may specify when to capitalize content words, which short words to exclude in title case, and how to handle acronyms, initialisms, and brand names. It aims to produce a uniform appearance while honoring language-specific conventions.

Implementation often relies on locale-aware string processing libraries. Steps may include language detection, selection of a capitalization style (sentence case, title case, or mixed), and application of rules with exceptions drawn from dictionaries or style guides. Challenges include handling languages with different capitalization rules (for example Turkish dotless i), hyphenated compounds, all-caps acronyms, and proper nouns in multilingual text.

Example: Input: 'the quick brown fox' with title-case policy -> 'The Quick Brown Fox'. Example: Input: 'nasa launches a rocket' with acronym-preservation policy -> 'NASA Launches a Rocket'.

Capitalisecapitalize builds on title case and sentence case, and overlaps with case mapping and locale-aware text processing. It is used in software localization pipelines to provide consistent typography across languages and platforms, and its rules are often documented in style guides and developer documentation.