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Re: String Comparison

From: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:34:44 -0400
Message-ID: <3B322224.727D60B2@w3.org>
To: "Olson, David" <DOlson@mib.com>
Cc: www-dom@w3.org 
> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:39:20 -0400 (EDT)
> Message-ID: <E0808BCBBCFAD411877200A0C9EA09162AD7C2@LANSV4.MIB.COM>
> From: "Olson, David" <DOlson@mib.com>
> To: "'www-dom@w3.org'" <www-dom@w3.org>
> Subject: String Comparison
> 
>         In the Glossary of http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/ it is
> stated that "When string matching is required, it is to occur as though the
> comparison was between 2 sequences of code points from the Unicode 2.0
> standard.''
>         Shouldn't this be referencing the Unicode 3.0 standard, or perhaps
> even a later level?  Also, is it intended that the two strings be treated as
> if they had been subjected to some form of Unicode Normalization process?

I changed the reference from 2.0 to 3.0 for the moment. Unicode 3.1.0 needs
more considerations.

Philippe
Received on Thursday, 21 June 2001 12:34:45 GMT

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