Re: Normailization in ICU

[Ram V. <ra...@jt...>]

Hi
The are number of ways to encode a graphically similar characters in
Unicode. Normalization is a process defined by The Unicode Consortium for
converting the graphically similar characters to a unique equivalent form.
For eg:
    DEVANAGARI QA     ==  DEVANAGARI KA + NUKTA
    AUGNSTROM             == A + COMBINING RING
For more information please see
http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/userguide/normalization.html
For the technical report on Normalization please see:
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/

AFAIK MLang does not support Normalization. There is an API   called
FoldString and FoldStringW which performs operations similar to some forms
of Normalization, but is not fully conformant to Normalization algorithm as
defined by The Unicode Consortium. Please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/WinUI
/WindowsUserInterface/Resources/Strings/StringReference/StringFunctions/Fold
String.asp


Regards,

Ram Viswanadha

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sundarajan Santhanam" <ssa...@bl...>
To: <icu...@os...>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:16 AM
Subject: Normailization in ICU


> Hi
>
> Can someone explain what the Normalization process is in ICU and if other
Unicode component( like MLang, Rosette) support this feature? I have a basic
understanding of what it means after reading the help pages in ICU but would
like more info.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sundar
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