== Normalizing arabic transliterations ==

Algorithm for normalizing the existing transliterated arabic (_translit fields) in the database.

Currently: source:OpenMind/src/main/java/org/mpi/openmind/repository/utils/NormalizerUtils.java

=== 1. replace letter combinations ===

Replace the following letter combinations with a single letter.

|| th || t ||
|| kh || h ||
|| dh || d ||
|| sh || s ||
|| gh || g ||
|| "aẗ ", "at ", "ah " || "a " ||
|| ỳ || a ||

=== 2. replace letters with diacritics ===

Replace all letters with diacritics with the letter without diacritics.

Remove all apostrophes.


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For reference:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/Normalizer.html

http://junidecode.sourceforge.net/

http://userguide.icu-project.org/transforms/general