- From: Martin J. Duerst <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:08:58 +0100 (MET)
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- cc: christw@microsoft.com, garym@softshore.com.au, www-international@w3.org, Alan_Barrett/DUB/Lotus.LOTUSINT@crd.lotus.com
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Larry Masinter wrote: > # So this is not only a IANA issue. Probably it is not a good idea > # to cast it "in stone" in HTTP 1.1, but if we can come up with > # a reasonable set on this list, and can make it publicly available > # somewhere (W3? the babel site?), it might help a lot. > > Actually, an informational RFC that included a full list of charset > tags in use in the Internet today and an explication of the issues > would be the most useful way to publish this information. I am not very sure about this. For this kind of information which changes maybe slowly, but steadily, a more flexible format that can quickly be updated, such as a web page at a prominent location, may be a better way to make this data available. Regards, Martin.
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