Capitalization Format – Verify by Beaconcure

Validates capitalization based on company standards. Users with applicable permissions can manage a whitelist of complex terms with non-standard capitalization (e.g., COVID-19) via the 'Settings -> Non-Standard Values' page. You can add new terms, import a bulk list, and edit/remove entries to effectively reduce false positives.

Additionally, if a table contains the phrase 'Analysis set' in its first row, the check evaluates whether the row header specifically matches the configured sentence casing rules.

There are 2 types of cases:

Title Case

All words begin with a capital letter, except for articles, conjugations and prepositions

Sentence case

First word begins with a capital letter, followed by lowercase letters for the rest of the heading

Applicability

All tables & listings

Not Applicable

Figures.

Exceptions

The Title Case should be defined as follows:
- Each word should start with Uppercase (Verified) except:

Exception	Example	Rule
Article	a, an, the	Always lowercase unless first in sentence.
Conjunctions	and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet, if, as	Lowercase unless it is the first word in the sentence.
Prepositions	at, by, for, in, of, off, on, to, up, with, via, per, over, into, from	Lowercase unless first in sentence.

Otherwise: Discrepancy.

For Hyphenated words (word-word-words ) → Both for Title Case and Sentence case:
1. The words following the hyphen should not be capitalized. (Verified)
2. Otherwise, discrepancy.
For row headings and sub - headings, the format should be Sentence Case, except: (Verified):

Exception	Example	Rule
Verbatim text	Black or African American, Not Hispanic or Latino, Japanese, etc.	Verbatim is Title Case. *NLP is already labeling this automatically.
Generic drug names	acetaminophen, ibuprofen, amoxicillin, atorvastatin, loratadine, etc.	Should be lower case, unless they are the first word of the row.
Numbers / Percentage	1,2,3, 98%, 3%	The following numbers should be lowercase, unless they are one of the exceptions.
Comparison Operators	<, <=, >, =	The following operators should be lowercase, unless they are one of the exceptions.

Otherwise: Discrepancy.

In tables that include the phrase “Analysis set” in the first row, Verify evaluates whether the row header matches the configured sentence casing rules.

Verified: Analysis Set <Sentence case> : Population <Sentence case>
Otherwise, Suspected

Discrepancy

Deviation from company-defined capitalization rules

Capitalization Format Check: Non-Standard Values

To support greater flexibility when applying the Capitalization Format check, Verify introduces a dedicated interface for managing how words with non-standard capitalization should be checked. Users with applicable permissions can now create and manage this list of non-standard values to apply to the Capitalization Format check, directly from the new Non-Standard Values page.

The Non-Standard Values page contains a list of values for the Capitalization Format check

On the Non-Standard Values page, users can:

View the existing list of words with non-standard capitalization, with value creation details
Add new terms to the Capitalization Format check collection by selecting the +Value button, entering a value, and selecting Create
Import a list of values in bulk

Edit or remove entries as needed

This enhancement helps reduce validation false positives for complex terminology (e.g., COVID-19), streamlines check customization, and improves alignment with company-specific standards.

All values saved on this page are automatically applied to subsequent Capitalization Format checks, enabling consistent and accurate results across all files.

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