- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@yahoo-inc.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:19:26 -0700
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
2616 Section 3.7.1 states; > When no explicit charset parameter is provided by the sender, media > subtypes of the "text" type are defined to have a default charset > value of "ISO-8859-1" when received via HTTP. However, many, if not all, of the text/* media types define their own defaults; text/plain (RFC2046), for example, defaults to ASCII, as does text/xml (RFC3023). How do these format-specific defaults interact with HTTP's default? Is HTTP really overriding them? I'm far from the first to be confused by this text, and I'm sure it's been asked before, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer. If errata are still being considered, perhaps removing/ modifying this line would be a good start... Thanks, -- Mark Nottingham mnot@yahoo-inc.com
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