Short URL: http://html5.org/r/2859
| SVN | Bug | Comment | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2859 | 2009-02-23 12:14 |
Index: source
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--- source (revision 2858)
+++ source (revision 2859)
@@ -9452,7 +9452,7 @@
<dd><code title="attr-meta-name">name</code></dd>
<dd><code title="attr-meta-http-equiv">http-equiv</code></dd>
<dd><code title="attr-meta-content">content</code></dd>
- <dd><code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> (<span title="HTML documents">HTML</span> only)</dd>
+ <dd><code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code></dd>
<dt>DOM interface:</dt>
<dd>
<pre class="idl">interface <dfn>HTMLMetaElement</dfn> : <span>HTMLElement</span> {
@@ -9490,14 +9490,14 @@
<p>The <dfn title="attr-meta-charset"><code>charset</code></dfn>
attribute specifies the character encoding used by the
document. This is called a <span>character encoding
- declaration</span>.</p>
+ declaration</span>. There must not be more than one element with a
+ <code title="attr-meta-charset">charset</code> attribute per
+ document. If the attribute is present in an <span title="XHTML">XML
+ document</span>, its value must be an <span>ASCII
+ case-insensitive</span> match for the string "<code
+ title="">UTF-8</code>", and the resource must be encoded using the
+ UTF-8 character encoding.</p>
- <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>. 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
directive when the element is used for those purposes. The allowed