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Andreas Meier updated TIKA-2592: -------------------------------- Attachment: TestHTMLCharsetCP1256.html TestHTMLCharsetArabicCP1256.html > HTML with charset unicode handled as utf-16 instead utf-8 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: TIKA-2592 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-2592 > Project: Tika > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.0, 1.16, 1.17 > Reporter: Andreas Meier > Priority: Major > Attachments: TestCharsetUnicodeHTML.html, > TestHTMLCharsetArabicCP1256.html, TestHTMLCharsetCP1256.html, > fix-for-TIKA2592-contributed-by-Andreas-Meier.patch > > > HTML files are detected as utf-16 when meta content is set to "unicode". > {code:XML} > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset="unicode"> > {code} > > Shouldn't the default be utf-8? > The attached sample file is shown correctly in: > Chromium Version 55.0.2883.75 > Firefox 50.1.0 > IE 11 > I am aware that there is no charset "unicode" (available character encodings: > [http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xhtml|http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xhtml]) > Unfortunately there are many wrong encodings used out there. > All unknown encodings should be validated or at least be set to default utf-8. > Regards > Andreas -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)