The ordering of universal character strings
René Haentjens · 1993
In the countries of the world, people have developed various methods to order words and names based on their cultures. Many challenges and problems are associated with developing ways for computers to emulate human ordering methods. An efficient computer method for obtaining a quality ordering has been devised as an extension to the single-step compare. It solves many but not all of the problems. A universal code now exists to store words and names written in many languages and scripts, but there is no universal way to order words and names. Hence, formal specification methods are needed for computer users to describe culture-specific ordering rules. This area is still open to research. Meanwhile, international standardization committees endeavor to formulate sensible proposals for multicultural contexts.