Re: [xsl] xalan encoding issues?

[Jarkko dot Moilanen at uta dot fi]

Lainaus Laura Jenkins <xsl_list@hotmail.com>:

> 
> Hello,
> Can anyone tell me if there are any specific rules about the character 
> encoding.
> following are my questions.
> 1.Does Xalan allow all kinds of character encoding or just some specific
> encodings ?
I think that there was two encodings: UTF-8 and UTF-16


> 2.If the encoding is not specified in the xml file, what does xalan
> assume 
> as a default encoding?

Default is UTF-8

> 3.If i do not specify the encoding in my xml file, and if the xml has
> for 
> example arabic or polish characters,would it still open in my IE?(what
> would 
> IE assume the default Character coding )
> 4. If the XML file is has an encoding iso-8859-1 and if the xml is a
> valid 
> xml, what is the effect of
>   1. Having an xml declaration with encoding in the xsl??
>   2. Having an xsl:output with encoding specified?
> 
> Thank you very much
> 
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