Character encodings in HTML: Difference between revisions

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{{for|a list of character entity references|List of XML and HTML character entity references}}

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While Hypertext Markup Language ([[HTML]]) has been in use since 1991, HTML 4.0 from December 1997 was the first standardized version where international [[character (computing)|character]]s were given reasonably complete treatment. When an HTML document includes special characters outside the range of seven-bit [[ASCII]], two goals are worth considering: the information's [[integrity]], and universal [[Web browser|browser]] display.

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* [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html Character entity references in HTML4]

* [http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-web-character-encoding/ The Definitive Guide to Web Character Encoding]

* [http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part1#HTML_entity_encoding HTML Entity Encoding chapter of Browser Security Handbook -– more information about current browsers and their entity handling]

* [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/XSS_(Cross_Site_Scripting)_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet The Open Web Application Security Project's wiki article on cross-site scripting (XSS)]

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