Short URL: http://html5.org/r/2556
| SVN | Bug | Comment | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2556 | 2008-12-24 08:18 |
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--- source (revision 2555)
+++ source (revision 2556)
@@ -8986,7 +8986,7 @@
<dt>Categories</dt>
<dd><span>Metadata content</span>.</dd>
<dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>
- <dd>If the <code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute is present, or if the element is in the <span title="attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type">Encoding declaration state</span>: as the first element in a <code>head</code> element.</dd>
+ <dd>If the <code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute is present, or if the element is in the <span title="attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type">Encoding declaration state</span>: in a <code>head</code> element.</dd>
<dd>If the <code title="attr-meta-http-equiv">http-equiv</code> attribute is present, and the element is not in the <span title="attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type">Encoding declaration state</span>: in a <code>head</code> element.</dd>
<dd>If the <code title="attr-meta-http-equiv">http-equiv</code> attribute is present, and the element is not in the <span title="attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type">Encoding declaration state</span>: in a <code>noscript</code> element that is a child of a <code>head</code> element.</dd>
<dd>If the <code title="attr-meta-name">name</code> attribute is present: where <span>metadata content</span> is expected.</dd>
@@ -9038,10 +9038,9 @@
<p>The <code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute may
be specified in <span title="HTML5">HTML documents</span> only, it
- must not be used in <span title="XHTML">XML documents</span>. If the
- <code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute is
- specified, the element must be the first element in <span>the
- <code>head</code> element</span> of the file.</p>
+ must not be used in <span title="XHTML">XML documents</span>. There
+ must not be more than one element with a <code
+ title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute per document.</p>
<p>The <dfn title="attr-meta-content"><code>content</code></dfn>
attribute gives the value of the document metadata or pragma
@@ -9387,11 +9386,9 @@
<p>If the document contains a <code>meta</code> element in the
<span title="attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type">Encoding
- declaration state</span> then that element must be the first
- element in the document's <code>head</code> element, and the
- document must not contain a <code>meta</code> element with the
- <code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute
- present.</p>
+ declaration state</span>, then the document must not contain a
+ <code>meta</code> element with the <code
+ title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute present.</p>
<p>The <span title="attr-meta-http-equiv-content-type">Encoding
declaration state</span> may be used in <span title="HTML5">HTML
@@ -9649,6 +9646,10 @@
the use of <span title="syntax-charref">character references</span>
or character escapes of any kind.</li>
+ <li id="charset512">The element containing the character encoding
+ declaration must be serialised completely within the first 512
+ bytes of the document.</p>
+
</ul>
<p>If the document does not start with a BOM, and if its encoding is