Re: Non-SGML Characters and databases

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59989
interpreted = N
texte = Tom Duke wrote: > This ensures that all non-standard characters are stored and displayed in a > consistent format in the databases. When passed through the W3C validator > however characters such as the euro symbol and curly quotes are resulting in > 'non-SGML character' errors. That's because the euro symbol and curly quotes are not SGML characters; they are extended ASCII characters. If you use the appropriate entity reference for those, they will not be an error: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Non-SGML Characters and databases ( John Peacock 2004)
  2. Non-SGML Characters and databases ( "Tom Duke" 2004)
Tom Duke wrote: > This ensures that all non-standard characters are stored and displayed in a > consistent format in the databases. When passed through the W3C validator > however characters such as the euro symbol and curly quotes are resulting in > 'non-SGML character' errors. That's because the euro symbol and curly quotes are not SGML characters; they are extended ASCII characters. If you use the appropriate entity reference for those, they will not be an error: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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