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Michael Brennan wrote: > > The XML 1.0 specification includes a non-normative appendix regarding > autodetection of character encodings. It quite explicitly mentions the UTF-8 > BOM as one of the things a processor should look for > (http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006#sec-guessing-no-ext-info). > Unlike the issue with Blueberry, this isn't something new that's been added > to Unicode since XML 1.0. It's just a failure of current implementations. I totally agree with you Michael. I don't know which implementations haven't taken account of the (very useful) Appendix F, but the ElCel Technology C++ Toolkit (from which the XML Validator is built) certainly recognises and accepts a UTF-8 BOM as the Appendix suggests it should. Perhaps the current confusion arises from the non-normative nature of the Appendix. However, I take it as a clear indication that a UTF-8 BOM is valid. Regards ~Rob -- Rob Lugt ElCel Technology http://www.elcel.com
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