On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
The actual correct collation, assuming(!) surname-first collation and Latin character ordering(!!), is: due to where the surname is located in various cultures.Is it a good idea to sort on the ordering of the sender's culture? If the ordering is to be useful for the human user, it should be according the receiver's culture, no?
My answer to this question is "yes to all of the above".That is, a truly correct collation uses knowledge of both the sender's culture *AND* the receiver's culture; and the ways that these interact are not necessarily obvious.
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