6614 2009-02-23 13:29:53 +0000 Restricting multiple character encoding declarations per document 2010-10-04 14:57:31 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 lachlan.hunt ian mike olivier.gendrin public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking zcorpan public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 23867 0 lachlan.hunt 2009-02-23 13:29:53 +0000 The spec states "There must not be more than one meta element with a charset attribute per document." This requirement fails to take into account character encoding declarations using: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"> The requirement should instead state that there must not be more than one meta element used as a character encoding declaration per document. This should make it clear that only one of either <meta charset> or <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" ...> may appear. 23868 1 zcorpan 2009-02-23 13:40:54 +0000 there's a requirement in the "encoding declaration state" text that prevents having both <meta charset> and <meta content...> although i agree it could be clearer e.g. by being a bullet-point in the list of requirements for encoding declarations 23874 2 olivier.gendrin 2009-02-23 15:29:39 +0000 And in the case of multiples declarations, which one will be taken into account ? 24475 3 ian 2009-04-01 01:54:34 +0000 the spec already defines how to handle multiple decls. I've added the bullet point like was suggested. 33060 4 mjs 2010-03-14 13:16:59 +0000 This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy. If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, 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 This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.