12152 2011-02-22 14:45:07 +0000 Charset attribute is (in HTML 4) supposed to inform the browser beforehand about the encoding (before making an HTTP request), and it may also be useful if the resource is not transferred via HTTP or it is sent without suitable Content-Type header. The cu 2011-08-04 05:14:22 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#non-conforming-features P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 45918 0 contributor 2011-02-22 14:45:07 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/obsolete.html Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#non-conforming-features Comment: Charset attribute is (in HTML 4) supposed to inform the browser beforehand about the encoding (before making an HTTP request), and it may also be useful if the resource is not transferred via HTTP or it is sent without suitable Content-Type header. The current formulation about it seems to be based on partial misunderstanding. I think the attribute should be preserved in HTML5. Posted from: 88.114.29.18 48015 1 ian 2011-05-04 23:54:52 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Do people actually use it? Do browsers actually implement it? 53492 2 mike 2011-08-04 05:14:22 +0000 mass-move component to LC1