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<h1>The <collations> element</h1>
<p>The <code>collations</code> element in the configuration file defines a number of collations that can be
preloaded into the configuration. It contains zero or more child <code>collation</code> elements as detailed below.</p>
<p>Each <code>collation</code> element may have the following attributes:</p>
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<p>uri</p>
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<p>The collation URI (mandatory)</p>
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<p>An absolute URI used to identify the collation in queries and stylesheets</p>
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<p>class</p>
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<p>Java class implementing Collator, StringCollator, or Comparator</p>
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<p>Class used to perform string comparisons</p>
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<p>lang</p>
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<p>Language code, eg. en-US</p>
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<p>Language supported by the collation</p>
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<p>rules</p>
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<p>Rules in Java RuleBasedCollator format</p>
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<p>Detailed rules for ordering of characters</p>
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<p>strength</p>
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<p>primary|secondary|tertiary|identical</p>
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<p>The strength of the collation. A stronger collation takes more details of the character into account, e.g. accents and case</p>
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<p>ignore-case</p>
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<p>yes|no</p>
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<p>Yes indicates that upper-case and lower-case are equivalent</p>
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<p>ignore-modifiers</p>
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<p>yes|no</p>
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<p>Yes indicates that accents and other modifiers are ignored</p>
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<p>ignore-symbols</p>
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<p>yes|no</p>
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<p>Yes indicates that punctuation symbols are ignored (.NET only)</p>
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<p>ignore-width</p>
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<p>yes|mp</p>
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<p>Yes indicates that width variations between characters are ignored</p>
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<p>decomposition</p>
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<p>none|standard|full</p>
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<p>Determines whether Unicode normalization should be applied to strings before comparison (Java platform only)</p>
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<p>case-order</p>
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<p>upper-first|lower-first|#default</p>
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<p>Indicates whether upper-case characters should precede or follow their lower-case equivalents</p>
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<p>alphanumeric</p>
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<p>yes|no</p>
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<p>Yes indicates that a sequence of digits within a string is read as a number, for example "test8.xml" precedes "test10.xml"</p>
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