Help:$smwgEntityCollation

is a configuration parameter that sets which collation entities in Semantic MediaWiki should sort with. The configuration parameter was introduced in .CiteRef::gh:smw:2429

Default setting
This means that by default it uses the collation defined by for sorting and will produce the same sorting results as without the presence of this configuration parameter, i.e. releases prior to.

Available options
All collation options as provided by are supported:
 * − make everything uppercase, then sort by binary value of string when stored as UTF-8. Essentially case-insensitive sort by code point
 * − same as, but with numeric sorting (since MediaWiki 1.28.0)
 * − sort by binary value of string when stored as UTF-8 without converting to uppercase. Essentially sort by code point (since MediaWiki 1.18.0)
 * − Unicode collation algorithm. This is a complex and much more multilingual-friendly category collation (since MediaWiki 1.17.0)
 * − same as  with numeric sorting (since MediaWiki 1.28.0)
 * − same as  with language-specific adjustments (since MediaWiki 1.21.0)
 * − same as  with numeric sorting. (since MediaWiki 1.28.0)

See the list of available language codes on MediaWiki.org for further information.

Changing the default setting
To modify the setting to this configuration parameter, add one of the following lines to your "LocalSettings.php" file after the  call:

This means that Semantic MediaWiki itself will now use Standard German of Germany with numeric sorting as sorting collation.
 * Switch to Standard German of Germany with numeric sorting as sorting collation