- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 22:05:59 -0800
- To: Jim Gettys <jg@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Received on Tuesday, 17 November 1998 22:18:09 UTC
What we wrote means just what he thinks it does, and we meant it that way. > > 84. Section 14.2, pg. 93, 3rd para., is quite confusing: suggest > > rewriting without using the term "mentioned". Also, this para. seems to > > be stating that if any "iso-8859-1;q=1" is always implied unless > > otherwise explicitly present. This means that: > > > > Accept-Charset: iso-8859-5, unicode-1-1;q=0.9 > > > > really means > > > > Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1;q=1, iso-8859-5;q=1, unicode-1-1;q=0.9 > > > > (in which case 8859-1 would be given equal billing with 8859-5). And > > that consequently the only way to exclude 8859-1 is to specify > > > > Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1;q=0, iso-8859-5, unicode-1-1;q=0.9 > > > > Is this the intended usage? If so, I find this not only convoluted but > > seriously sub-optimal. This emphasis on 8859-1 as default really is too > > much. Why go so far overboard?
Received on Tuesday, 17 November 1998 22:18:09 UTC