RE: faq suggestions

Since this is a FAQ item, it should be noted that the charset meta tag has
effect only when the HTTP header does not specify a charset.

Please see http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.2.2

It says:

To sum up, conforming user agents must observe the following priorities when
determining a document's character encoding (from highest priority to
lowest):

An HTTP "charset" parameter in a "Content-Type" field. 
A META declaration with "http-equiv" set to "Content-Type" and a value set
for "charset". 
The charset attribute set on an element that designates an external
resource. 

Jony


> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-international-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:www-international-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Tex Texin
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:54 PM
> To: Jakub Friedl
> Cc: www-international@w3.org
> Subject: Re: faq suggestions
> 
> 
> 
> Jakub,
> 
> The charset meta statement should go first. In fact it should 
> be placed immediately after the <head> statement. Otherwise 
> text in the page prior to the charset statement may not be 
> decoded correctly.
> 
> tex
> 
> "Jakub Friedl (by way of Martin Duerst )" wrote:
> > 
> > shoudl meta tag with information about used charset be 
> placed before 
> > or after the  title element?
> > --
> > Jakub Friedl * Cygnis Insignis
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Received on Sunday, 22 August 2004 14:42:32 UTC