Collations for Ancient Languages in XSLT and XQuery

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In using XLST and XQuery style sheets, classicists will find the need to alphabetize their material in specialized manners. For example, scholars working with Latin may wish to conflate the i with the j and the u with the v, and those working with Greek may wish to have the ϙ (qoppa) collated in the alphabet, or to include characters that are outside the Greek and Coptic and Greek Extended planes.

The W3C recommendations on XSLT (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) and XQuery (1.0, 3.0) provide for collations through attributes such as @collation, but they leave to individual transformation engines the decisions on how to construct and retrieve specific collations.

XSLT-friendly collations that address the needs of those working with ancient languages are few and far between. Many require customized collations.

Examples of XSLT/XQuery Collations

Greek

Latin

Syriac

  • Syriac Reference Portal: romanized transliteration scheme: definition and application -- intended to work with the Saxon engine.

Alternatives

  • It is possible to use the fn:translate() function as a processor-independent collation method. An example, where one wishes to sort by a sequence of Greek words stored in the variable $gr (select spaces have been introduced, to improve display on the screen):

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