Subject: Re: (i18n.317) German Library Sort

From: [email-masked] (Mike McKenna)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:13:15 PDT

Hi, Tex.

Is this the same as DIN 5007 : Regeln für die aphabetische Ordnung?

This sort order is intended for sorting of proper names only, as in
registers, archives, telephone books, etc.

If this is the one you need, it is fairly well documented in the IBM
document, "Keys to Sort and Search for Culturally Expected Results",
IBM DocID GG24-3516-00, available from IBM technical support centers.
Or, you can get the DIN standard itself through Germany:

	DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung
	Burgegrafenstrasse 6
	Postfach 1107
	12623 BERLIN 30

	tel: +49 30 260 1362
	fax: +49 30 260 123

	<http://www.din.de> (mostly under construction at present)

You can also get standards from Global Engineering (for a price):

	1-800-854-7179
	<http://stdsbbs.ieee.org/products/SB/Jul95/global.html>

	Cheers,

		Mike____
> 
> Hi,
> Does anyone have information or specification for
> a collation known as the "German Library" sort?
> 
> Tex
> 
>