> > As far as I can tell there's no way in html to indicate to the
> > browser that a chunk of content is in some other encoding other
> > than what was specified in the headers or meta tag. There's no
> > <span charset=...> attribute or anything like that.
>
> Yes, there is.
None exists in the standard, as seen below, and I don't see anything in
CSS either.
<!ELEMENT SPAN - - (%inline;)* -- generic language/style container
-->
<!ATTLIST SPAN
%attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events --
%reserved; -- reserved for possible future use --
>
<!ENTITY % attrs "%coreattrs; %i18n; %events;">
<!ENTITY % coreattrs
"id ID #IMPLIED -- document-wide unique id --
class CDATA #IMPLIED -- space-separated list of classes
--
style %StyleSheet; #IMPLIED -- associated style info --
title %Text; #IMPLIED -- advisory title --"
>
<!ENTITY % i18n
"lang %LanguageCode; #IMPLIED -- language code --
dir (ltr|rtl) #IMPLIED -- direction for weak/neutral text
--"
>
<!ENTITY % events
"onclick %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer button was clicked --
ondblclick %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer button was double
clicked--
onmousedown %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer button was pressed down
--
onmouseup %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer button was released --
onmouseover %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer was moved onto --
onmousemove %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer was moved within --
onmouseout %Script; #IMPLIED -- a pointer was moved away --
onkeypress %Script; #IMPLIED -- a key was pressed and released --
onkeydown %Script; #IMPLIED -- a key was pressed down --
onkeyup %Script; #IMPLIED -- a key was released --"
>
ELB
