Re: Re: Canonicalization

[Peter Conrad <conrad () tivano de>]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:24:12PM +0200, Mariusz P?kala wrote:
> Canonicalization would be, for example, ensuring that ' is changed
> to single quote, or removing backslashes from places where they are not
> needed - <f\ont> => <font>

it should be noted that these examples are heavily dependant on context.
Canonicalization can only make sense if there is a clear definition of
what the canonical form is.

The wikipedia article is a little clearer in that regard.

> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonicalization

Bye,
        Peter
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