hixie: Elaborate on 'non-legacy'; fix misuse of 'recommended'. (whatwg r4071)

hixie: Elaborate on 'non-legacy'; fix misuse of 'recommended'. (whatwg
r4071)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3232&r2=1.3233&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4070&to=4071

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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--- Overview.html 4 Oct 2009 10:14:00 -0000 1.3232
+++ Overview.html 4 Oct 2009 11:17:39 -0000 1.3233
@@ -1318,11 +1318,11 @@
   as "DOM5 HTML".<p>There are various concrete syntaxes that can be used to transmit
   resources that use this abstract language, two of which are defined
   in this specification.<p>The first such concrete syntax is the HTML syntax. This is the
-  format recommended for most authors. It is compatible with most
-  legacy Web browsers. If a document is transmitted with the
-  <a href="#mime-type">MIME type</a> <code><a href="#text-html">text/html</a></code>, then it will be
-  processed as an HTML document by Web browsers. This specification
-  defines version 5 of the HTML syntax, known as "HTML5".<p>The second concrete syntax is the XHTML syntax, which is an
+  format suggested for most authors. It is compatible with most legacy
+  Web browsers. If a document is transmitted with the <a href="#mime-type">MIME
+  type</a> <code><a href="#text-html">text/html</a></code>, then it will be processed as an
+  HTML document by Web browsers. This specification defines version 5
+  of the HTML syntax, known as "HTML5".<p>The second concrete syntax is the XHTML syntax, which is an
   application of XML. When a document is transmitted with an <a href="#xml-mime-type">XML
   MIME type</a>, such as <code><a href="#application-xhtml-xml">application/xhtml+xml</a></code>, then
   it is treated as an XML document by Web browsers, to be parsed by an
@@ -54004,9 +54004,11 @@
 
    <li><p>Otherwise, return an implementation-defined or
    user-specified default character encoding, with the <a href="#concept-encoding-confidence" title="concept-encoding-confidence">confidence</a>
-   <i>tentative</i>. In non-legacy environments, the more
+   <i>tentative</i>. In controlled environments or in environments
+   where the encoding of documents can be prescribed (for example, for
+   user agents intended for dedicated use in new networks), the more
    comprehensive <code title="">UTF-8</code> encoding is
-   recommended. Due to its use in legacy content, <code title="">windows-1252</code> is recommended as a default in
+   suggested. Due to its use in legacy content, <code title="">windows-1252</code> is suggested as a default in
    predominantly Western demographics instead.</li>
 
   </ol><p>The <a href="#document-s-character-encoding">document's character encoding</a> must immediately

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