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Posted by cwdjrxyz on 04/23/07 15:03
On Apr 23, 2:09 am, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk>
wrote:
> Neo Geshel wrote:
> > A true XHTML document would be typified by the following: [...]
> > · Use the UTF-8 or UTF-16 character set
>
> Why?
I have written xhtml 1.1 pages using several different character sets,
and at least W3C xhtml 1.1 validation has never complained about this.
Is there some specification by the W3C that says UTF-8 or UTF-16 must
be used for some version of xhtml 1.0 or xhtml 1.1? There are several
good arguements for using UTF and some arguments for not using it in
some special cases. However one must be careful in evaluation of what
the W3C says. The W3C often uses the word "should" for things that are
nice to do, at least in many cases, but they are not absolutely
required. They use "must not" for things that are absolute taboo. For
example, some old tags are depreciated in some versions of html, but
avoiding them is not required and use of them does not get you a
validation error.
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