> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Jackson > Sent: 19 April 2005 17:12 ...
> > I try to avoid entities with exception for & < > " ' > > You're right. If you're using UTF-8 you only need to encode > the characters that are special in HTML/XHTML/XML (&, < and >). > Using numeric entities (or even named entities) in a UTF-8 > file for characters that are outside the range of ASCII is > usually a waste of space. > > The only time I use them is when I'm on a keyboard/system > where I don't know how to enter the character, such as "å". > I'd type å in this case. > > PS. Hopefully the W3C i18n guru Richard is listening and will > tell everyone if I'm wrong. Hi Dean. I'd hesitate to say anyone was right or wrong here, but I'm of the same opinion, albeit with one small exception. I think in UTF-8 NCRs/entities beyond the ASCII range can be useful for invisible characters (such as LRM in Arabic/Hebrew) or ambiguous characters (such as non-breaking space - which looks like an ordinary space). Tee mentioned some issues with Chinese characters on IE Mac that I haven't got to the bottom of yet, but I don't recall encountering any other problems that could be solved by using escapes instead. For a fuller version of my opinion see the slides starting at http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/tutorial-char-enc/en/all.html#Slid e0440 RI ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
