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In DSpace 1.5.2 and 1.6.0, many character encoding fixes were submitted to help DSpace become more compliant with UTF-8. Previous versions may find that handling of text in search forms, license text, collection and community names is inconsistent, particularly in XMLUI (Manakin). A list of relevant JIRA issues can be found at the end of this page to help you identify any possible character encoding issues with your version of DSpace.
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