Spelling Correction and Treatment of Punctuation

In previous sections we examined problems arising as a result of errors in nomenclature. Another significant area is naming errors resulting from misprints or OCR misinterpretation as reviewed earlier in this chapter. Table 3.2 lists the most common naming errors and the reasons for their occurrence. 

Chemical Information Mining Facilitating Literature-Based Discovery 

Automatic recognition and correction of these errors is a very important component of the chemical name conversion process. Based on available information, this procedure is implemented in the most flexible way in the CambridgeSoft Name=Struct program.48 

The formatting of chemical names is generally not important. Whereas capitalization or italicization are essentially senseless, both sub- and superscripts are helpful in name analysis, and in most cases the absence of formatting can be resolved simply by grammatical implementation. For example, Name=Struct successfully converts polycyclic names like Tricyclo[3.3.1.11,5]decane that according to nomenclature rules must be written as Tricyclo[3.3.1.11 5]decane. A good N2S engine therefore 

Supported and Unsupported Automatic Error Recognition in Name=Struct 

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