Re: [VE][html5] XHTML5 content-type value

On 1 Mar 2010, at 13:18, Cecil Ward wrote:
> but are you guys aware of whether the above is set in stone now for XHTML5?

Nothing is really set in stone until it becomes a recommendation. 

> This seems an unfortunate "must", as requiring XHTML users to reformat
> content and serve it selectively from servers (rather than just being able
> to use an XHTML 1.0-BC style mechanism with only http headers changing
> according to UA capabilities) seems a real pity, a hassle with no real
> benefit.

That still does more harm then good. 

> If it is not yet set in stone, can mere mortals express their vote? How?

Join the working group. http://www.w3.org/html/wg/

> I assume that if you always use only UTF8 then it's a non-issue anyway, as
> no declaration is the reqd as it's the default. Is that right?


Oh, would that be so simple.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#determining-the-character-encoding

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David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk

Received on Monday, 1 March 2010 14:17:58 UTC