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 The UCA is written as if there is a single correct answer, but there isn't. The UCA doesn't define a particular collation sequence for any languages, rather it defines the requirements for how collation mechanisms should allow you to define the collation rules for a given language and script. The Unicode standard is very clear that collation is highly variable and that there is no single answer for any language or script. [Even for a single language you might have different collation rules for glossaries and indexes, for example.] Java's built-in RuleBasedCollator class implements a collation mechanism that, as far as I know, conforms to the Unicode UCA in that it provides the functionality needed (althought it may not fully address issues of how to handle composed and uncomposed characters--I'm not sure about the details there). The IBM ICU package provides a more complete implementation of the UCA and the ICU4J package provides an alternative set of built-in language-specific collators that are more complete and accurate than those shipped with Java. Cheers, E. -- W. Eliot Kimber Professional Services Innodata Isogen 9390 Research Blvd, #410 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 372-8122 eliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.innodata-isogen.com 
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