Ummmm, you must have totally ignored what John said below.  Let me
quote it for you:

"Dave Winner says that XML-RPC suports all of XML."

That means that XML decl encoding attribute is fully supported, and
any implementation which does not support that is BROKEN.

Thanks, Dan


Lucas Gonze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> The XML-RPC spec doesn't mention or use the encoding attribute.  I have
> heard grumbling about this before, but (given that I'm basing this reading
> on offhand informal comments from a couple people) consensus is that the
> spec is the spec and therefore the encoding attribute should be left off.
>
> FWIW the principle of being strict about what you generate and generous
> about what you accept implies that implementations should accept it but
> not generate it.
>
>> > I'm aware of these facts but I'm curious as to whether the standard
>> XML-RPC
>> > spec includes the use of the encoding attribute in the xml declaration.
>> From
>> > the recent problems posted on this list about different encoding systems,
>> it
>> > would seem so, but I'd just like some confirmation.
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> Dave Winner says that XML-RPC suports all of XML. So XML-RPC implementations
>> should allow the encoding attirbute in the XML declaration.
>>
>> John Wilson
>> The Wilson Partnership
>> http://www.wilson.co.uk

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