1 Character Set Semantics in WebStack
2 -----------------------------------
3
4 Character sets (or encodings) are relevant in two areas:
5
6 * The encoding of output data.
7 * The processing of input data.
8
9 When producing HTML pages containing form fields and interpreting the values of
10 such fields from a request body, it is necessary to know...
11
12 * The character set used to encode the values sent by the browser. This is
13 typically determined by...
14
15 * The character set used to encode the HTML page from which the field values
16 originated.
17
18 It is therefore also necessary to remain consistent in the usage of character
19 sets when specifying content types.
