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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21818 Bug ID: 21818 Summary: XHTML5: Permit <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> Classification: Unclassified Product: HTML WG Version: unspecified Hardware: PC URL: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/document- metadata.html#attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: HTML5 spec Assignee: dave.null@w3.org Reporter: xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org CC: eliotgra@microsoft.com, mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org Blocks: 21174 BACKGROUND: HTML5’s section on <meta charset="foo"/> [1] has this tail about its XHTML usage: ]] If the attribute is present in an XML document, its value must be an ASCII case-insensitive match for the string "UTF-8" (and the document is therefore forced to use UTF-8 as its encoding). [[ PROPOSAL: Repeat above tail also for <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=FOO"/> at the end of the fragment #attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type, like so: ]] The Encoding declaration state may be used in HTML documents. <ins>and in XML documents</ins>. But <ins>if</ins> elements with an http-equiv attribute in that state <del>must not be</del> <ins>are</ins> used in XML documents, <ins>then the name of the character encoding of the character encoding declaration MUST be UTF-8 (and the document is therefore forced to use UTF-8 as its encoding)</ins> [[ JUSTIFICATION: This encoding declaration is more robust than the meta@charset declaration. Therefore we want this method in Polyglt Markup. But to allow it in Polyglot Markup, it must first be permitted in the HTML5 proper. [1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/document-metadata.html#attr-meta-charset -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug.
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