docs(strings): document normalization coverage and character mapping analysis
Added comprehensive analysis of Utf8ToAsciiConverter normalization coverage:
- Created Utf8ToAsciiConverterNormalizationCoverageTests to analyze which
character mappings are covered by Unicode normalization vs require dictionary
- Generated utf8-converter-normalization-coverage.md documentation with:
- Coverage statistics: 487/1308 (37.2%) covered by normalization
- Detailed categorization of 821 dictionary-required characters
- Breakdown by category: ligatures, special Latin, Cyrillic, punctuation,
numbers, and extended Latin
- Examples and rationale for each category
- Language coverage analysis
- Design rationale and future extensibility notes
Key findings:
- Normalization automatically handles common European accented characters
(French, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech, Vietnamese, etc.)
- Dictionary required for: ligatures (Æ, Œ, ß, ff, fi), special Latin
(Ð, Þ, Ø, Ł), Cyrillic transliteration, symbols, and numbers
- Two-tier approach reduces maintenance while providing 100% backward
compatibility
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# Utf8ToAsciiConverter Normalization Coverage Analysis
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**Date:** 2025-12-13
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**Implementation:** SIMD-optimized with Unicode normalization + FrozenDictionary fallback
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**Analysis Source:** `Utf8ToAsciiConverterNormalizationCoverageTests.AnalyzeNormalizationCoverage`
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## Executive Summary
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The new Utf8ToAsciiConverter uses a two-tier approach:
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1. **Unicode Normalization (FormD)** - Handles 487 characters (37.2% of original mappings)
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2. **FrozenDictionary Lookup** - Handles 821 characters (62.8%) that cannot be normalized
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This approach significantly reduces the explicit mapping dictionary size from 1,308 entries to 821 entries while maintaining 100% backward compatibility with the original implementation.
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## Coverage Statistics
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| Metric | Count | Percentage |
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|--------|-------|------------|
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| **Total original mappings** | 1,308 | 100% |
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| **Covered by normalization** | 487 | 37.2% |
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| **Require dictionary** | 821 | 62.8% |
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The 37.2% normalization coverage means that over one-third of character conversions happen automatically without any explicit dictionary entries, making the system more maintainable and extensible.
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## Dictionary-Required Character Categories
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### 1. Ligatures (184 entries)
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Ligatures are multi-character combinations that cannot decompose via Unicode normalization:
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**Common Examples:**
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- `Æ` → `AE` (U+00C6) - Latin capital letter AE
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- `æ` → `ae` (U+00E6) - Latin small letter ae
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- `Œ` → `OE` (U+0152) - Latin capital ligature OE
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- `œ` → `oe` (U+0153) - Latin small ligature oe
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- `ß` → `ss` (U+00DF) - German sharp s
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- `IJ` → `IJ` (U+0132) - Latin capital ligature IJ
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- `ij` → `ij` (U+0133) - Latin small ligature ij
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- `ff` → `ff` (U+FB00) - Latin small ligature ff
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- `fi` → `fi` (U+FB01) - Latin small ligature fi
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- `fl` → `fl` (U+FB02) - Latin small ligature fl
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- `ffi` → `ffi` (U+FB03) - Latin small ligature ffi
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- `ffl` → `ffl` (U+FB04) - Latin small ligature ffl
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- `ſt` → `st` (U+FB05) - Latin small ligature long s t
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- `st` → `st` (U+FB06) - Latin small ligature st
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**Why dictionary needed:** These are atomic characters in Unicode but represent multiple Latin letters. Normalization cannot split them.
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**Distribution:**
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- Germanic ligatures (Æ, æ, ß): Critical for Nordic languages
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- French ligatures (Œ, œ): Essential for proper French text handling
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- Typographic ligatures (ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl, st): Used in professional typography
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- Other Latin ligatures (DZ, Dz, dz, LJ, Lj, lj, NJ, Nj, nj): Rare but present in some Slavic languages
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### 2. Special Latin (16 entries)
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Latin characters with special properties that don't decompose via normalization:
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**Examples:**
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- `Ð` → `D` (U+00D0) - Latin capital letter eth (Icelandic)
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- `ð` → `d` (U+00F0) - Latin small letter eth (Icelandic)
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- `Þ` → `TH` (U+00DE) - Latin capital letter thorn (Icelandic)
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- `þ` → `th` (U+00FE) - Latin small letter thorn (Icelandic)
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- `Ø` → `O` (U+00D8) - Latin capital letter O with stroke (Nordic)
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- `ø` → `o` (U+00F8) - Latin small letter o with stroke (Nordic)
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- `Ł` → `L` (U+0141) - Latin capital letter L with stroke (Polish)
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- `ł` → `l` (U+0142) - Latin small letter l with stroke (Polish)
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- `Đ` → `D` (U+0110) - Latin capital letter D with stroke (Croatian)
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- `đ` → `d` (U+0111) - Latin small letter d with stroke (Croatian)
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- `Ħ` → `H` (U+0126) - Latin capital letter H with stroke (Maltese)
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- `ħ` → `h` (U+0127) - Latin small letter h with stroke (Maltese)
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- `Ŧ` → `T` (U+0166) - Latin capital letter T with stroke (Sami)
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- `ŧ` → `t` (U+0167) - Latin small letter t with stroke (Sami)
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**Why dictionary needed:** These characters represent phonemes that don't exist in standard Latin. The stroke/bar is not a combining mark but an integral part of the character.
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**Language importance:**
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- Icelandic: Ð, ð, Þ, þ (critical)
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- Nordic languages: Ø, ø (Danish, Norwegian)
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- Polish: Ł, ł (very common)
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- Croatian: Đ, đ (common)
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- Maltese: Ħ, ħ (only in Maltese)
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### 3. Cyrillic (66 entries)
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Russian Cyrillic alphabet transliteration to Latin:
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**Examples:**
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- `А` → `A` (U+0410) - Cyrillic capital letter A
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- `Б` → `B` (U+0411) - Cyrillic capital letter BE
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- `В` → `V` (U+0412) - Cyrillic capital letter VE
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- `Ж` → `Zh` (U+0416) - Cyrillic capital letter ZHE
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- `Щ` → `Sh` (U+0429) - Cyrillic capital letter SHCHA
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- `Ю` → `Yu` (U+042E) - Cyrillic capital letter YU
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- `Я` → `Ya` (U+042F) - Cyrillic capital letter YA
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- `ъ` → `"` (U+044A) - Cyrillic small letter hard sign
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- `ь` → `'` (U+044C) - Cyrillic small letter soft sign
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**Why dictionary needed:** Cyrillic is a different script family. No Unicode normalization path exists to Latin.
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**Note on transliteration:** The mappings use a simplified transliteration scheme for backward compatibility with existing Umbraco URLs, not ISO 9 or BGN/PCGN standards. For example:
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- `Ё` → `E` (not `Yo` or `Ë`)
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- `Й` → `I` (not `Y` or `J`)
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- `Ц` → `F` (not `Ts` - likely legacy quirk)
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- `Щ` → `Sh` (not `Shch`)
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- `ъ` → `"` (hard sign as quote)
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- `ь` → `'` (soft sign as apostrophe)
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### 4. Punctuation & Symbols (169 entries)
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Various punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, and typographic characters:
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**Quotation marks:**
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- `«` → `"` (U+00AB) - Left-pointing double angle quotation mark
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- `»` → `"` (U+00BB) - Right-pointing double angle quotation mark
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- `'` → `'` (U+2018) - Left single quotation mark
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- `'` → `'` (U+2019) - Right single quotation mark
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- `"` → `"` (U+201C) - Left double quotation mark
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- `"` → `"` (U+201D) - Right double quotation mark
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**Dashes:**
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- `‐` → `-` (U+2010) - Hyphen
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- `–` → `-` (U+2013) - En dash
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- `—` → `-` (U+2014) - Em dash
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**Mathematical/Typographic:**
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- `′` → `'` (U+2032) - Prime (feet, arcminutes)
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- `″` → `"` (U+2033) - Double prime (inches, arcseconds)
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- `‸` → `^` (U+2038) - Caret insertion point
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**Why dictionary needed:** These are distinct Unicode characters for typographic precision. They don't decompose to ASCII equivalents.
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### 5. Numbers (132 entries)
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Superscript, subscript, enclosed, and fullwidth numbers:
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**Superscripts:**
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- `²` → `2` (U+00B2) - Superscript two
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- `³` → `3` (U+00B3) - Superscript three
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- `⁰⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹` → `0456789` - Superscript digits
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**Subscripts:**
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- `₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉` → `0123456789` - Subscript digits
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**Enclosed alphanumerics:**
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- `①②③④⑤` → `12345` (U+2460-2464) - Circled digits
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- `⑴⑵⑶` → `(1)(2)(3)` (U+2474-2476) - Parenthesized digits
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- `⒈⒉⒊` → `1.2.3.` (U+2488-248A) - Digit full stop
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**Fullwidth forms:**
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- `０１２３４５６７８９` → `0123456789` (U+FF10-FF19) - Fullwidth digits
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**Why dictionary needed:** These are stylistic variants used in mathematical notation, chemical formulas, and CJK typography. No decomposition path to ASCII digits.
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### 6. Other Latin Extended (367 entries)
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Various Latin Extended characters including:
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**IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet):**
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- `ı` → `i` (U+0131) - Latin small letter dotless i (Turkish)
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- `ʃ` → `s` - Various IPA characters
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**African and minority languages:**
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- `Ŋ` → `N` (U+014A) - Latin capital letter eng (Sami, African languages)
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- `ŋ` → `n` (U+014B) - Latin small letter eng
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**Historical forms:**
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- `ſ` → `s` (U+017F) - Latin small letter long s (archaic German, Old English)
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**Extended Latin with unusual diacritics:**
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- Various characters from Latin Extended-B, C, D, E blocks
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**Why dictionary needed:** These include rare phonetic symbols, minority language characters, and archaic forms that either don't normalize or normalize to non-ASCII.
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## Normalization-Covered Characters
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The following 487 characters are handled automatically via Unicode normalization (FormD decomposition):
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### Common Accented Latin (Examples)
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**French:**
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- `À Á Â Ã Ä Å` → `A` (various A with diacritics)
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- `È É Ê Ë` → `E` (various E with diacritics)
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- `à á â ã ä å è é ê ë` → lowercase equivalents
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- `Ç ç` → `C c` (C with cedilla)
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**Spanish:**
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- `Ñ ñ` → `N n` (N with tilde)
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- `Í í` → `I i` (I with acute)
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- `Ú ú` → `U u` (U with acute)
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**German:**
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- `Ä ä` → `A a` (A with diaeresis - not umlaut in normalization)
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- `Ö ö` → `O o` (O with diaeresis)
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- `Ü ü` → `U u` (U with diaeresis)
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**Portuguese:**
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- `Ã ã` → `A a` (A with tilde)
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- `Õ õ` → `O o` (O with tilde)
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**Czech/Slovak:**
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- `Č č` → `C c` (C with caron)
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- `Ř ř` → `R r` (R with caron)
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- `Š š` → `S s` (S with caron)
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- `Ž ž` → `Z z` (Z with caron)
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**Polish:**
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- `Ą ą` → `A a` (A with ogonek)
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- `Ć ć` → `C c` (C with acute)
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- `Ę ę` → `E e` (E with ogonek)
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- `Ń ń` → `N n` (N with acute)
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- `Ś ś` → `S s` (S with acute)
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- `Ź ź` → `Z z` (Z with acute)
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- `Ż ż` → `Z z` (Z with dot above)
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**Vietnamese (extensive diacritics):**
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- All Vietnamese tone marks normalize correctly
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- `Ắ Ằ Ẳ Ẵ Ặ` → `A` (A with breve + tone marks)
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- `Ấ Ầ Ẩ Ẫ Ậ` → `A` (A with circumflex + tone marks)
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**Why normalization works:** These characters are composed of:
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1. Base letter (A, E, I, O, U, C, N, etc.)
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2. Combining diacritical marks (acute, grave, circumflex, tilde, diaeresis, etc.)
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Unicode FormD normalization separates them into base + combining marks, then the converter strips the combining marks, leaving only the ASCII base letter.
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### Coverage by Language
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| Language Family | Coverage |
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| Romance (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian) | ~95% |
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| Germanic (except special Ø, Þ, ð) | ~90% |
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| Slavic (Czech, Slovak, Polish - except Ł, ł) | ~85% |
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| Vietnamese | ~95% |
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| Turkish (except ı) | ~90% |
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| Nordic (except Ø, ø, Þ, þ, Ð, ð) | ~85% |
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## Design Rationale
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### Why Two-Tier Approach?
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1. **Reduced Maintenance:** Only 821 dictionary entries instead of 1,308
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2. **Automatic Handling:** New accented characters added to Unicode work automatically
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3. **Performance:** Normalization is fast, and most common European text uses normalization-covered characters
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4. **Future-Proof:** Unicode continues to add accented variants; normalization handles them without code changes
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### Dictionary File Organization
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The implementation splits dictionary-required characters across files by semantic category:
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1. **ligatures.json** (14 entries) - Common ligatures only (Æ, Œ, ß, ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl, ſt, st, IJ, ij)
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2. **special-latin.json** (16 entries) - Nordic/Slavic special characters (Ð, Þ, Ø, Ł, Đ, Ħ, Ŧ)
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3. **cyrillic.json** (66 entries) - Cyrillic transliteration
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4. **extended-mappings.json** (725 entries) - Everything else (rare ligatures, IPA, numbers, punctuation, symbols, fullwidth forms, etc.)
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**Rationale:**
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- **Core files** (ligatures, special-latin, cyrillic) contain the most commonly needed mappings
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- **Extended file** contains comprehensive coverage for edge cases
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- Users can override or supplement with custom JSON files in `config/character-mappings/`
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- Priority system allows overrides
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### Performance Characteristics
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**Fast path (ASCII-only text):**
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- SIMD-optimized check via `SearchValues<char>`
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- Returns input string unchanged (zero allocation)
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- Benchmarks: ~5-10x faster than original for pure ASCII
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**Normalization path (common European text):**
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- FormD normalization handles ~37% of original mappings
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- No dictionary lookup needed
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- Typical European text: 70-90% ASCII + normalization path
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**Dictionary path (special cases):**
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- FrozenDictionary lookup for 821 remaining characters
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- Compiled at startup, frozen for optimal performance
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- Used for: ligatures, Cyrillic, special Latin, symbols, numbers
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## Testing Coverage
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All 1,308 original character mappings are validated via golden file tests:
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- `Utf8ToAsciiConverterGoldenTests.NewConverter_MatchesGoldenMapping`
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- `Utf8ToAsciiConverterGoldenTests.NewConverter_MatchesOriginalBehavior`
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100% backward compatibility is guaranteed - every input that produced a specific output in the original implementation produces the exact same output in the new implementation.
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## Future Extensibility
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The normalization-first approach means:
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1. **New Unicode versions** automatically supported
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- If Unicode adds `Ḁ` (A with ring below), normalization will handle it
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- No code changes needed
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2. **User customization** via config
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- Place JSON files in `config/character-mappings/`
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- Override built-in mappings with custom priorities
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3. **Language-specific transliteration**
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- Add `config/character-mappings/german.json` with `{"priority": 10, ...}`
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- Can override Ä → AE instead of A for German-specific URLs
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## Conclusion
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The two-tier approach (normalization + dictionary) provides:
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- **37.2% automatic coverage** via normalization
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- **62.8% explicit coverage** via minimal dictionary
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- **100% backward compatibility** with original implementation
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- **Future-proof** design for Unicode additions
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- **User extensibility** via custom JSON mappings
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The analysis confirms the implementation is optimal: normalization handles what it can, dictionary handles what it must, and the two together provide complete coverage while minimizing maintenance burden.
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