[whatwg] [html5] r5258 - [e] (0) Some more references to UTF-8.
Tab Atkins Jr.
jackalmage at gmail.com
Tue Aug 10 10:11:25 PDT 2010
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Leif Halvard Silli
<xn--mlform-iua at xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote:
> whatwg at whatwg.org, Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:16:12 -0700 (PDT):
>> Author: ianh
>> Date: 2010-08-09 18:16:10 -0700 (Mon, 09 Aug 2010)
>> New Revision: 5258
>
>> <p>Authors are encouraged to use UTF-8. Conformance checkers may
>> - advise authors against using legacy encodings.</p>
>> + advise authors against using legacy encodings. <a
>> href=#refsRFC3629>[RFC3629]</a></p>
>
> Could we replace 'legacy encodings' with a clearer wording - or
> eventually define what 'legacy encodings' mean? The current wording
> could give the impression that any encoding other than UTF-8 is a
> legacy encoding. But it is unclear whether that is actually what is
> meant.
>
> Specifically, it is not clear from the above whether conformance
> checkers may advice authors against using UTF-16, since UTF-16
> generally isn't associated with 'legacy encoding'.
That's precisely what's meant. UTF-8 is the encoding of the web. Any
and all other encodings are legacy encodings.
~TJ
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