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Expand Up @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ otherwise, a corresponding _Data Model Error_ will be produced during processing
- _Duplicate Variant_:
Each _variant_ MUST use a list of _keys_ that is unique from that
of all other _variants_ in the _message_.
_Literal_ _keys_ are compared by their contents, not their syntactical appearance.
_Literal_ _keys_ are compared by their values, not their syntactical appearance.

```abnf
matcher = match-statement s variant *(o variant)
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The value of each _literal_ _key_ MUST be treated as if it were in
[Unicode Normalization Form C](https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/) ("NFC").
Two _literal_ _keys_ are considered equal if they are canonically equivalent strings,
Two _literal_ _keys_ are considered equal if their values are canonically equivalent strings,
that is, if they consist of the same sequence of Unicode code points after
Unicode Normalization Form C has been applied to both.

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An **_<dfn>unquoted literal</dfn>_** is a _literal_ that does not require the `|`
quotes around it to be distinct from the rest of the _message_ syntax.
An _unquoted literal_ MAY be used when the content of the _literal_
contains no whitespace and otherwise matches the `unquoted-literal` production.
An _unquoted literal_ MAY be used when the value of the _literal_
matches the `unquoted-literal` production.
It will thus contain no whitespace (nor certain other characters).
Implementations MUST NOT distinguish between _quoted literals_ and _unquoted literals_
that have the same sequence of code points.

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quoted-literal = "|" *(quoted-char / escaped-char) "|"
unquoted-literal = 1*name-char
```
The **_<dfn>value of a literal</dfn>_** is the text after removing the terminating | characters if the literal is quoted,
then unescaping any escaped characters.

#### Names and Identifiers

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