- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:28:26 -0600
- To: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> Your e-mail: > http://www.w3.org/mid/200309281922.h8SJMG9O014121@nerd-xing.mit.edu > Section 4.4 < > http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CSS21-20030915/syndata.html#q23> What > > New bullet point added, which allows a UA to infer the charset > from the BOM, if the other ways to find the charset fail: > > 4. UA-dependent mechanisms (e.g., guessing based on the BOM) Isn't guessing based on the BOM more reliable than using the charset from the language of the referencing document? The former is part of the sheet itself, while the latter is an external reference that can get out of sync... -Boris
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