<ST_SortMethod> (Sort Method)

Sort method. Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Japanese support alternate sort methods (multiple sort options are available). All other languages support only 1 sort option. In that case, the value pinYin is used.

This simple type's contents are a restriction of the XML Schema string datatype.

The following are possible enumeration values for this type:

Enumeration Value

Description

<none> (None)

Not specified, use default sort method.

<pinYin> (PinYin Sort)

Default sort method. This is the only sort option for most languages.

For Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Japanese, pinYin means sort by phonetic value.

<stroke> (Sort by Stroke)

Sort by stroke count of the characters. Only applies to Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Japanese.

Referenced By

<sortState@sortMethod> (§3.3.1.89)

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:

<simpleType name="ST_SortMethod">
	<restriction base="xsd:string">
	<enumeration value="stroke"/>
	<enumeration value="pinYin"/>
	<enumeration value="none"/>
	</restriction>
</simpleType>