[whatwg] Proposal for improved handling of '#' inside of data URIs

[Bjartur Thorlacius]

Þann sun 11.sep 2011 18:44, skrifaði Michael A. Puls II:
> I don't think < and > are in the list of safe URI characters. All
> URI-based functions seem to percent-encode them too. Keeping them
> encoded is definitely good for data URIs in text/plain documents so the
> don't interfere with the < and > that encase the URI.
>
You are right, they are delims and MUST be percent encoded.