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Re: Specifying Character Sets

• To: Redefined Horizons <redefined.horizons@g...>
• Subject: Re: Specifying Character Sets
• From: Richard Salz <rsalz@u...>
• Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:20:18 -0500
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <e24752a10601251754i26654ee1vf16806a8685182aa@m...>

> I am working on a small schema language for an XML language that I
> will be using in an open source program. In this schema I am defining
> a text data type. I want the schema developer using my schema language
> to have the option of specifying the character set of the text data
> type.

A given XML document is only in one character set.  To support multiple 
character sets you'll have to do something like base64-encode the content.
 
> Is there a standard set of character set names and descriptions that I
> can reference?

http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets

        /r$

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