International String Ordering

• ordering of all of ISO/IEC 10646 repertoire

• Alain LaBonté (editor) scheme:

  • base letter, accent, case, specials
  • options (can be combined):
    • accents forward/back,
    • significant space
    • Capital/small first

• tailorable: reorder-after, reorder-script

• APIs for comparison, conversion to internal binary key

• precision of comparison, base letter, accent, case

• status: out for CD vote

• http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG20/

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