- From: Asbjørn Ulsberg <asbjorn@tigerstaden.no>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:01:57 +0200
- To: "Jamie Lokier" <jamie@shareable.org>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org, "Atom Syntax" <atom-syntax@imc.org>
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:02:54 +0100, Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> wrote: > Nonethless, I suspect the correct fix in _this_ case is to change the > standards to admit that text/xml (with no charset) doesn't force a > us-ascii charset, because that's silly, and if an XML file starts with > an <?xml..?> declaration which specifies the encoding, _that's_ the > encoding of the file. Just like text/html. Absolutely. That makes the most sense, especially since that's how many (most?) XML libraries already behave. Therefore, I think Mark's PaceShouldBeWellFormed[1] is imho a perfect solution. ____ [1] <url: http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceShouldBeWellFormed> -- Asbjørn Ulsberg -=|=- asbjornu@hotmail.com «He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away»
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