Subject: Re: (g.miller 2813) (i18n.321) German Library Sort

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 18:50:42 -0500

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.

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>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:13:15 PDT
>From: [email-masked] (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
>
>	<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
>> 
>> 
>