I looked a t it and I believe that those configuration changes were included in DSpace 4.0, via the pull request https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/287.
Though I haven't had any luck. I made sure JAVA and TOMCAT both have the UTF-8 flags, and reindex everything, and it still isn't working. Thanks again for the ideas/help. Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Freels-Stendel [mailto:bfre...@unm.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:45 PM > To: Smith, Ina <ism...@sun.ac.za>; Thomas Misilo > Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Dspace-tech] Diacritics and DSpace 4.0 and 3.1 > > Good morning, > > If you're using Discovery, this ticket may help: > https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-1152. For the previous default > search, this email thread may help: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29655187. > > I've been wondering if these solutions might not be in the default set-up. > Are there other types of character encodings it would be a problem with? > > B-- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Smith, Ina <ism...@sun.ac.za> [mailto:ism...@sun.ac.za] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:01 AM > > To: Thomas Misilo; 'heli...@centrum.sk' > > Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Diacritics and DSpace 4.0 and 3.1 > > > > We've experienced the same problem (although UTF8/Unicode was > > activated within DSpace), and decided to do away with diacritics > > completely (in titles and surnames). End-users so far have not > > complained. I suspect they seldom use diacritics when entering search > > terms. It would be interesting to know how Google addresses this issue. > > > > Kind regards > > Ina Smith (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) > > ________________________________________ > > From: Thomas Misilo [misi...@fit.edu] > > Sent: 15 January 2014 06:11 PM > > To: 'heli...@centrum.sk' > > Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Diacritics and DSpace 4.0 and 3.1 > > > > helix84, > > > > I did not have that attribute but I did add it to both servers, and > > restarted tomcat however I do get the same results, on both instances. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ivan.ma...@gmail.com [mailto:ivan.ma...@gmail.com] On Behalf > > > Of > > > helix84 > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:59 AM > > > To: Thomas Misilo > > > Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Diacritics and DSpace 4.0 and 3.1 > > > > > > Quick check: does your Tomcat's <Connector> include the > > > URIEncoding="UTF-8" attribute? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > ~~helix84 > > > > > > Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette > > > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical > > Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg. > > clktrk _______________________________________________ > > DSpace-tech mailing list > > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > List Etiquette: > > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette > > > > ________________________________ > > > > E-pos vrywaringsklousule Hierdie e-pos mag vertroulike inligting bevat > > en mag regtens geprivilegeerd wees en is slegs bedoel vir die persoon > > aan wie dit geadresseer is. 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