code: def could_be(self, other):
          
          # TODO: Some suffix and title differences should be allowed
          if type(other) is not type(self):
              return NotImplemented
          if self == other:
              return True
          for attr in ['title', 'firstname', 'middlename', 'nickname', 'prefix', 'lastname', 'suffix']:
              if attr not in self or attr not in other:
                  continue
              puncmap = dict((ord(char), None) for char in string.punctuation)
              s = self[attr].lower().translate(puncmap)
              o = other[attr].lower().translate(puncmap)
              if s == o:
                  continue
              if attr in {'firstname', 'middlename', 'lastname'}:
                  if (({len(comp) for comp in s.split()} == {1} and [el[0] for el in o.split()] == s.split()) or
                          ({len(comp) for comp in o.split()} == {1} and [el[0] for el in s.split()] == o.split())):
                      continue
              return False
          return True
docs: Return True if the other PersonName is not explicitly inconsistent.