- From: Patrik Faltstrom <paf@bunyip.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 21:48:48 -0800
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, keld@dkuug.dk
- Cc: martin@terena.nl, wg-i18n@terena.nl, uri@bunyip.com
At 21.12 96-03-06, Larry Masinter wrote: >While uppercase mapping is culturally sensitive, can we not make a >culturally independent 'character matching' algorithm that is good >enough for directory services. Perhaps it means treating accented and >unaccented versions of French initial capitals equivalent, even though >this equivalence is not determined by 'canonicalization'? One can discuss if the algorithm is correct or not, but that algorithm is defined in UNICODE 1.1, i.e. both decomposition rules and how to do case-independent matches. Note that I am not claiming that it is correct - any of the two lagorithms, but the good thing is that we have _one_ definition and that is what is needed in this case. Patrik -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bunyip Information Systems Inc. Montreal, Quebec, CANADA Internet: paf@bunyip.com Phone: +1-514-875-8611 In theory, it's no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, it is.
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