# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1094079123 0
# Node ID 115c88d1128b4493b9f84ad25c615738a3d310cf
# Parent  4084122d73cc8f9cab7832543ef4148d7f188bed
[project @ 2004-09-01 22:52:03 by paulb]
Added some elementary notes on character sets.

diff -r 4084122d73cc -r 115c88d1128b docs/CHARSET.txt
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+Character Set Semantics in WebStack
+-----------------------------------
+
+Character sets (or encodings) are relevant in two areas:
+
+ * The encoding of output data.
+ * The processing of input data.
+
+When producing HTML pages containing form fields and interpreting the values of
+such fields from a request body, it is necessary to know...
+
+ * The character set used to encode the values sent by the browser. This is
+   typically determined by...
+
+ * The character set used to encode the HTML page from which the field values
+   originated.
+
+It is therefore also necessary to remain consistent in the usage of character
+sets when specifying content types.