This is the name parser and standardizer for the datacommons project.
It now supports politician, individual and organization names.

Installation
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Installation is easy:

    pip install -e git+http://github.com/sunlightlabs/name-cleaver.git#egg=name-cleaver

Usage
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Basic usage is the same for each type of name, just import the relevant NameCleaver class from one of:

* `PoliticianNameCleaver`
* `IndividualNameCleaver`
* `OrganizationNameCleaver`

Example:

    from name_cleaver import PolicitianNameCleaver
    smith = PoliticianNameCleaver('Smith, Robert J').parse()

    print str(smith) => "Robert J Smith"


