Hi
There is an error in the XHTML 1.0 Second Edition specification. The
second sentence in the paragraph after the ordered list in section
3.1.1, which reads as follows:
"Such a declaration is required when the character encoding of the
document is other than the default UTF-8 or UTF-16 and no encoding was
determined by a higher-level protocol."
should read:
"Such a declaration is required when the character encoding of the
document is other than the default UTF-8 or UTF-16 and no encoding was
determined by a lower-level protocol."
HTTP, etc, are lower-level protocols than HTML. If an encoding has been
determined by, for example, an HTTP header, then that has been
determined by a lower-level protocol, not a higher-level protocol.
The stack looks something like this (for example):
High-level
XHTML/CSS
HTTP
TCP/IP
Ethernet
Low-level
Best regards
Jasper Bryant-Greene
Album Limited
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.album.co.nz/
