Parsing of Names

Pyblios,

I'm using pybilographer to parse different kinds of files, and then 
store the data into a master database available via the web.

Below, I have a sample of code that reads a BibTeX file, and breaks the 
data into fields and values. Is there an easy method that is built into 
pybliographer to parse the text of names? I'd like each person's first 
and last name. (And does this code look on track, or am I doing this the 
hard way?)

Thanks for any pointers,

-Doug

def parseBibtex(udir, filename, fields):
     """ Pass in directory, filename, and list of valid fields. """
     from Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.BibTeX.Parser import read, Comment, 
Record, Join, Block, ATComment
     from Pyblio.Exceptions import ParserError
     fd = open(udir + "/" + filename, "r")
     try:
         records = read(fd)
     except ParserError, err:
         print "ERROR: %s at line %d: %s" % (file, err[0], err[1])
         return
     for rec in records:
         data = []
         if type(rec) == Comment:
             pass # just a comment
         elif type(rec) == ATComment:
             pass
         elif type(rec) == Record:
             for pair in rec.fields:
                 field, value = pair
                 field = field.strip().lower()
                 if type(value) == Join:
                     for part in value:
                         if type(part) == Block:
                             if field not in fields:
                                 print p("Unknown field: %s" % field)
                                 continue
                             if field == "author" or field == "editor":
                                 # FIX: break value into names
                             else: # other than author
                                 data.append((field, part.flat()))
                         else: # other than block
                             data.append((field, part.flat()))
                 else: # other than join
                     data.append((field, value.flat()))
         else:
             print p("Unknown record type: %s" % type(rec))
         # do something with data
    # return something

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