Short URL: http://html5.org/r/4126
| SVN | Bug | Comment | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4126 | 2009-10-13 10:45 |
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- <li><p>Otherwise, return an implementation-defined or
- user-specified default character encoding, with the <span
- title="concept-encoding-confidence">confidence</span>
- <i>tentative</i>. In controlled environments or in environments
- where the encoding of documents can be prescribed (for example, for
- user agents intended for dedicated use in new networks), the more
- comprehensive <code title="">UTF-8</code> encoding is
- suggested. Due to its use in legacy content, <code
- title="">windows-1252</code> is suggested as a default in
- predominantly Western locales instead.</p></li>
+ <li>
+ <p>Otherwise, return an implementation-defined or user-specified
+ default character encoding, with the <span
+ title="concept-encoding-confidence">confidence</span>
+ <i>tentative</i>.</p>
+
+ <p>In controlled environments or in environments where the
+ encoding of documents can be prescribed (for example, for user
+ agents intended for dedicated use in new networks), the
+ comprehensive <code title="">UTF-8</code> encoding is
+ suggested.</p>
+
+ <p>In other environments, the default encoding is typically
+ dependent on the user's locale (an approximation of the languages,
+ and thus typically encodings, of the pages that the user is likely
+ to frequent). The following table gives suggested defaults based
+ on the user's locale, for compatibility with legacy content:</p>
+
+ <!-- based on mozilla 1.9.1 localizations:
+ http://mxr.mozilla.org/l10n-mozilla1.9.1/find?string=global%2Fintl.properties&tree=l10n-mozilla1.9.1&hint= -->
+
+ <table>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Locale
+ <th>Suggested default encoding
+ <tbody>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ar
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>be
+ <td>ISO-8859-5
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>bg
+ <td>windows-1251
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>cs<!-- -CZ -->
+ <td>ISO-8859-2
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>cy
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>fa<!-- -IR -->
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>he<!-- -IL -->
+ <td>windows-1255
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>hr
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>hu<!-- -HU -->
+ <td>ISO-8859-2
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ja <!-- and ja-JP-mac -->
+ <td>windows-31J <!-- Shift_JIS -->
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>kk
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ko<!-- -KR -->
+ <td>windows-949 <!-- EUC-KR -->
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ku
+ <td>windows-1254 <!-- ISO-8859-9 -->
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>lt
+ <td>windows-1257
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>lv<!-- -LV -->
+ <td>ISO-8859-13
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>mk<!-- -MK -->
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>or
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>pl<!-- -PL -->
+ <td>ISO-8859-2
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ro
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ru
+ <td>windows-1251
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>sk
+ <td>windows-1250
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>sl
+ <td>ISO-8859-2
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>sr
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>th
+ <td>windows-874 <!-- TIS-620 -->
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>tr<!-- -TR -->
+ <td>windows-1254 <!-- ISO-8859-9 -->
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>uk
+ <td>windows-1251
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>vi
+ <td>UTF-8
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>zh-CN
+ <td>GB18030
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>zh-TW
+ <td>Big5
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>All other locales
+ <td>windows-1252
+
+ </table>
+
+ </li>
+
</ol>
<p>The <span>document's character encoding</span> must immediately