- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@yahoo-inc.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:10:47 -0700
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
So... is this an errata? Are there cases where having this as a default is actually helpful? On 2006/05/01, at 12:19 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > -- Mark Nottingham mnot@yahoo-inc.com
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