Abstract
It is important to consider character encoding when producing web pages, and to understand how to choose and declare encodings, how and when to use character escapes, etc.
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The document aimed to provide practical techniques related to character sets, encodings, and other character-specific
matters that HTML content authors can use to ensure that their HTML is easily adaptable for an international audience.
The W3C Internationalization Activity home page already provides links to tutorials and articles that provide this information, and the Internationalization Working Group considers that it is not useful to duplicate the information here.
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