From texin@bedford.progress.com Tue Apr 23 00:27:05 1996 Received: from pscgate.progress.com (pscgate.progress.com [192.77.186.1]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id AAA13013 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:27:03 +0200 Received: from progress.progress.com by pscgate.progress.com (8.7.2/pscgate2.0) id SAA19429; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:26:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from proserv.bedford.progress.COM by progress.progress.com (SMI-8.6/psc2.1) id SAA01318; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:27:48 -0400 Received: from devserv.bedford.progress.COM (devserv-f0) by proserv.bedford.progress.COM (4.1/psc2.2) id AA03479; Mon, 22 Apr 96 18:26:55 EDT Received: from ewab.bedford.progress.COM by devserv.bedford.progress.COM (4.1/psc2.1) id AA28169; Mon, 22 Apr 96 18:26:54 EDT Received: by ewab.bedford.progress.COM (4.1/psc2.3) id AA25161; Mon, 22 Apr 96 18:26:52 EDT Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 18:26:52 EDT From: texin@bedford.progress.com (Tex Texin) Message-Id: <9604222226.AA25161@ewab.bedford.progress.COM> To: i18n@dkuug.dk, texin@bedford.progress.com, mgm@sybase.com Subject: Re: (i18n.317) German Library Sort Cc: ask_global@sybase.com, erf@bedford.progress.com Mike, Thanks! I think this is the information I needed. I believe this is the same collation, but I will have to look at the docs to be sure. Mike, I owe you another one! Viele danken. Tex ====================================================== Tex Texin International Development Manager Deployment Group email texin@progress.com Progress Software Corp. http://www.progress.com 14 Oak Park Voice 617-280-4271 Bedford, MA 01730 Fax 617-280-4949 ====================================================== > 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 > > (mostly under construction at present) > > You can also get standards from Global Engineering (for a price): > > 1-800-854-7179 > > > Cheers, > > Mike____ > > > > Hi, > > Does anyone have information or specification for > > a collation known as the "German Library" sort? > > > > Tex > > > > >