- From: Terje Bless <link@pobox.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 21:54:31 +0200
- To: W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
- cc: Neil Zanella <nzanella@cs.mun.ca>
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Neil Zanella <nzanella@cs.mun.ca> wrote:
>If you name it hello.xml and run it through the validator than
>everything works fine. However, if I name it hello.html then the
>validator complains.
The determination of character encoding depends on the Content-Type the
document is served as, and this in turn is often determined based on what
filename extension is used. In particular, for files served with an XML
Content-Type the XML defaulting rules take effect, whereas for text/html they
do _not_.
I strongly recommend that you configure your server to send out the correct
character encoding in the Content-Type header field. It is the most certain
way of ensuring that there is no confusion as to what the character encoding
of the document is.
See, e.g., <http://www.w3.org/International/O-HTTP-charset> for further
information.
- --
Of course we are the good guys! We define what is good and evil. All other
definitions are wrong, and possibly the product of a deranged imagination.
-- Stephen Harris
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