I18N-ISSUE-59: BOM with utf-8 and/or utf-16 [Polyglot]

I18N-ISSUE-59: BOM with utf-8 and/or utf-16 [Polyglot]

http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/59

Raised by: Richard Ishida
On product: Polyglot

3. Character Encoding
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-html-polyglot-20100624/#character-encoding

WG Approved: Yes


" Use UTF-8 or UTF-16 with the appropriate BOM. "

This could be read "use utf-8 with the appropriate BOM or UTF-16 with the appropriate BOM", but a utf-8 bom (or signature) is not strictly necessary, and some would argue that it may cause problems, and it's use should be discouraged here.

Please add comments to bugzilla:
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10156


IMPORTANT: This issue was moved from our old review tracking system to the new tracker system. For previous mail relating to this issue, see:
http://www.w3.org/Search/Mail/Public/advanced_search?keywords=&hdr-1-name=subject&hdr-1-query=[polyglot]%20%20BOM%20with%20utf-8%20and/or%20utf-16&hdr-2-name=from&hdr-2-query=&hdr-3-name=message-id&hdr-3-query=&index-grp=Member__FULL+Public__FULL&index-type=t&type-index=public-i18n-core%40w3.org&resultsperpage=20&sortby=date

and
http://www.w3.org/Search/Mail/Public/advanced_search?keywords=&hdr-1-name=subject&hdr-1-query=%20i18n%20Polyglot%20Markup/BOM+UTF8&hdr-2-name=from&hdr-2-query=&hdr-3-name=message-id&hdr-3-query=&index-grp=Member__FULL+Public__FULL&index-type=t&type-index=public-i18n-core%40w3.org&resultsperpage=20&sortby=date

Received on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 10:17:36 UTC