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+This directory holds configuration files that enable MySQL to work with
+different character sets. It contains:
+
+charset_name.xml
+ Each charset_name.xml file contains information for a simple character
+ set. The information in the file describes character types,
+ lower- and upper-case equivalencies and sorting orders for the
+ character values in the set.
+
+Index.xml
+ The Index.xml file lists all of the available charset configurations,
+ including collations.
+
+ Each collation must have a unique number. The number is stored
+ IN THE DATABASE TABLE FILES and must not be changed.
+
+ The max-id attribute of the <charsets> element must be set to
+ the largest collation number.
+
+Compiled in or configuration file?
+ When should a character set be compiled in to MySQL's string library
+ (libmystrings), and when should it be placed in a charset_name.xml
+ configuration file?
+
+ If the character set requires the strcoll functions or is a
+ multi-byte character set, it MUST be compiled in to the string
+ library. If it does not require these functions, it should be
+ placed in a charset_name.xml configuration file.
+
+ If the character set uses any one of the strcoll functions, it
+ must define all of them. Likewise, if the set uses one of the
+ multi-byte functions, it must define them all. See the manual for
+ more information on how to add a complex character set to MySQL.
+
+Syntax of configuration files
+ The syntax is very simple. Words in <map> array elements are
+ separated by arbitrary amounts of whitespace. Each word must be a
+ number in hexadecimal format. The ctype array has 257 words; the
+ other arrays (lower, upper, etc.) take up 256 words each after that.