/*
 * TYPEDEF: EDCS_Character
 *
 *   This data type specifies a single UTF-8 character.
 *
 *   UTF-8 textual elements require from 1 to 4 UTF-8 characters
 *   depending on the textual element as indicated by locale.
 *   In the case of ASCII Latin-1, only 1 character is needed per
 *   textual element.
 */
typedef char EDCS_Character;