<title>ICU Collation Settings</title>
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<row>
<entry>Key</entry>
<entry>Values</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
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<entry><literal>co</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>emoji</literal>, <literal>phonebk</literal>, <literal>standard</literal>, <replaceable>...</replaceable></entry>
<entry><literal>standard</literal></entry>
<entry>
Collation type. See <xref linkend="icu-external-references"/> for additional options and details.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>ka</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>noignore</literal>, <literal>shifted</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>noignore</literal></entry>
<entry>
If set to <literal>shifted</literal>, causes some characters
(e.g. punctuation or space) to be ignored in comparison. Key
<literal>ks</literal> must be set to <literal>level3</literal> or
lower to take effect. Set key <literal>kv</literal> to control which
character classes are ignored.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>kb</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>true</literal>, <literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry>
Backwards comparison for the level 2 differences. For example,
locale <literal>und-u-kb</literal> sorts <literal>'àe'</literal>
before <literal>'aé'</literal>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>kc</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>true</literal>, <literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry>
<para>
Separates case into a "level 2.5" that falls between accents and
other level 3 features.
</para>
<para>
If set to <literal>true</literal> and <literal>ks</literal> is set
to <literal>level1</literal>, will ignore accents but take case
into account.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>kf</literal></entry>
<entry>
<literal>upper</literal>, <literal>lower</literal>,
<literal>false</literal>
</entry>
<entry><literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry>
If set to <literal>upper</literal>, upper case sorts before lower
case. If set to <literal>lower</literal>, lower case sorts before
upper case. If set to <literal>false</literal>, the sort depends on
the rules of the locale.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>kn</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>true</literal>, <literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry>
If set to <literal>true</literal>, numbers within a string are
treated as a single numeric value rather than a sequence of
digits. For example, <literal>'id-45'</literal> sorts before
<literal>'id-123'</literal>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>kk</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>true</literal>, <literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>false</literal></entry>
<entry>
<para>
Enable full normalization; may affect performance. Basic
normalization is performed even when set to
<literal>false</literal>. Locales for languages that require full
normalization typically enable it by default.
</para>