Re: format nego in HTML/10646?

Gavin Nicol (gtn@ebt.com)
Tue, 9 May 95 11:10:54 EDT

>>If a client requests iso-2022, then the data provider should take that
>>as a strong indication that the system can do Japanese, but little
>>else.
>What if a client requests several encodings? On a per-document
>basis, should they be considered exclusive or cumulative?

Data sent from a server should be restricted to a single encoding;
anything else leads to nasty complications

The client can use the quality part of the HTTP negotiation protocol
to indicate preferences.