Re: [Tclhttpd-users] question on charsets

[Alexios Z. <zv...@po...>]

Wojciech Kocjan wrote [edited]:
> Dnia 25-01-2006 o 13:05:40 David Gravereaux <dav...@po...> napisa?:
> >What happens when the server sets
> >    "Content-Type: text/html; charset=XXX"
> >in the headers and the page contains:
> >    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=YYY">
> >Does the <meta> win or is it done twice, once for the transmission, and
> >second at html parser level?
>
> From what I know http wins, meta is chosen when http does not specify it.  
> But I'm not sure if it's standarized in any way so that you can actually  
> rely on this.

That's correct -- and it *is* standardized.
From section 5.2.2 of the html spec:
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To sum up, conforming user agents must observe the following priorities
when determining a document's character encoding
(from highest priority to lowest):
- An HTTP "charset" parameter in a "Content-Type" field.
- A META declaration with "http-equiv" set to "Content-Type"
  and a value set for "charset".
- The charset attribute set on an element that designates
  an external resource.
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    http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#doc-char-set

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