702 2004-05-05 22:40:30 +0000 BOM not recognized for file upload 2004-10-27 12:45:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified CSSValidator upload file CSS Validator Other other RESOLVED LATER P2 normal --- 1 bjoern plh www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 1784 0 bjoern 2004-05-05 22:40:30 +0000 Message-ID: <4095D6EB.3070606@iinet.net.au> Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 15:21:47 +1000 From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au> To: www-validator-css@w3.org X-Archived-At: http://www.w3.org/mid/4095D6EB.3070606@iinet.net.au Hi, I tried validating some CSS files that have been saved as utf-8, however the validator issued the following error. * Line: 0 Context :  Parse Error - @charset "UTF-8"; Even if I remove the @charset rule, I still get a similar error message. The error appears to be caused by the presence of the utf-8 BOM. 2562 1 377 ewexler 2004-10-27 12:26:48 +0000 Created attachment 377 BOM and ruleset 2563 2 378 ewexler 2004-10-27 12:36:14 +0000 Created attachment 378 BOM and @media at-rule 2564 3 ewexler 2004-10-27 12:45:36 +0000 <http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FBugs%2FPublic%2Fattachment.cgi%3Fid%3D377%26action%3Dview&usermedium=all> ...is fine. <http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FBugs%2FPublic%2Fattachment.cgi%3Fid%3D378%26action%3Dview&usermedium=all> ...raises an error. According to CSS 2.1, this is exactly as it should be. The BOM (byte-order mark, U+FEFF) is not distinguished in the scanner from any other character outside of the Latin-1 repertoire. Thus the BOM starts an identifier, which starts a rule set. CSS3 will probably change the regulations to account for the special meaning of a BOM. 377 2004-10-27 12:26:48 +0000 2004-10-27 12:26:48 +0000 BOM and ruleset BOM.txt text/css; charset=UTF-8 24 ewexler 77u/YSB7DSAgbWFyZ2luOiAwOw0gIH0N 378 2004-10-27 12:36:14 +0000 2004-10-27 12:36:14 +0000 BOM and @media at-rule BOM.txt text/css; charset=UTF-8 47 ewexler 77u/QG1lZGlhIGFsbCB7DSAgYSB7DSAgICBtYXJnaW46IDA7DSAgICB9DSAgfQ0=