On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Leif Halvard Silli <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected], Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:16:12 -0700 (PDT): >> Author: ianh >> Date: 2010-08-09 18:16:10 -0700 (Mon, 09 Aug 2010) >> New Revision: 5258 > >> <p>Authors are encouraged to use UTF-8. Conformance checkers may >> - advise authors against using legacy encodings.</p> >> + advise authors against using legacy encodings. <a >> href=#refsRFC3629>[RFC3629]</a></p> > > Could we replace 'legacy encodings' with a clearer wording - or > eventually define what 'legacy encodings' mean? The current wording > could give the impression that any encoding other than UTF-8 is a > legacy encoding. But it is unclear whether that is actually what is > meant. > > Specifically, it is not clear from the above whether conformance > checkers may advice authors against using UTF-16, since UTF-16 > generally isn't associated with 'legacy encoding'.
That's precisely what's meant. UTF-8 is the encoding of the web. Any and all other encodings are legacy encodings. ~TJ
