[Bug 12152] New: Charset attribute is (in HTML 4) supposed to inform the browser beforehand about the encoding (before making an HTTP request), and it may also be useful if the resource is not transferred via HTTP or it is sent without suitable Content-Type header. The cu

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12152

           Summary: Charset attribute is (in HTML 4) supposed to inform
                    the browser beforehand about the encoding (before
                    making an HTTP request), and it may also be useful if
                    the resource is not transferred via HTTP or it is sent
                    without suitable Content-Type header. The cu
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#non
                    -conforming-features
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/obsolete.html
Section:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#non-conforming-features

Comment:
Charset attribute is (in HTML 4) supposed to inform the browser beforehand
about the encoding (before making an HTTP request), and it may also be useful
if the resource is not transferred via HTTP or it is sent without suitable
Content-Type header. The current formulation about it seems to be based on
partial misunderstanding. I think the attribute should be preserved in HTML5.

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Received on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 14:45:11 UTC