From gwm@austin.ibm.com Tue Apr 23 01:51:09 1996 Received: from netmail.austin.ibm.com (netmail.austin.ibm.com [129.35.208.98]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id BAA13549 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 01:51:07 +0200 From: gwm@austin.ibm.com Received: from unicode.austin.ibm.com (unicode.austin.ibm.com [129.35.110.154]) by netmail.austin.ibm.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id SAA89280; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:50:49 -0500 Received: by unicode.austin.ibm.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03-client-2.6) for texin@bedford.progress.com at austin.ibm.com; id AA22409; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:50:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:50:42 -0500 Message-Id: <9604222350.AA22409@unicode.austin.ibm.com> To: i18n@dkuug.dk, mgm@sybase.com, texin@bedford.progress.com Subject: Re: (g.miller 2813) (i18n.321) German Library Sort Cc: ask_global@sybase.com Tex, With the assumption that sort order mentioned below is the one that you want, if you have access to AIXv4 you can check the behavior by running in the German locale. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary W. Miller Internet - gwm@austin.ibm.com IBM JQ8S/901 ZIP 9183 X/Open - g.miller@xopen.co.uk 11400 Burnet Road VNET - AUSTIN(GWM) / GWM at AUSTIN Austin, Texas 78758 SENDFILE - GWM at AUSVM6 Phone: (512) 838-8297 Fax: (512) 838-3050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:13:15 PDT >From: mgm@sybase.com (Mike McKenna) > >Hi, Tex. > >Is this the same as DIN 5007 : Regeln f|r 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 f|r 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 >> >> >