Yes Patrick is correct.
But that is the same with any character encoing, everything needs to match up. Different scripting modules throw in their own quirks into the mix. How easy it is, or how complex it is depends on how many languages and how many writing scripts you need to support. The more diverse the linguistic content, the more important it becomes to get the internationalization architecture right. To create a monolingual environment in unicode is fairly routine, just need to make sure everything is right at each step. A useful resource on migrating to unicode is available at http://www.w3.org/International/articles/unicode-migration/ Andrew On Wed, June 18, 2008 11:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can others with experience with this please confirm (or not) what Patrick > has said? > Thanks. > Kevin > > > --- Original Message --- > From:Patrick Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent:Wed 6/18/08 6:10 am > To:wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subj:RE: [WSG] HTML special characters coding > >> Rick Lecoat > >> So let me see if I have this right: as long as my page declares an >> encoding (I use UTF-8) I don't need to encode the entities, I >> can just >> type them straight into the markup. Is that correct? > > Make sure that your whole environment is UTF-8 (your code editor, any > database input forms /admin page you may have, etc). Then yes, it should > all work fine. > >> Will it validate? (I normally use an xhtml 1.0 strict doctype). > > Yes. > > P > ________________________________ > Patrick H. Lauke > Web Editor > Enterprise & Development > University of Salford > Room 113, Faraday House > Salford, Greater Manchester > M5 4WT > UK > > T +44 (0) 161 295 4779 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.salford.ac.uk > > A GREATER MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- Andrew Cunningham Research and Development Coordinator Vicnet State Library of Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
