Bug 591 – add encoding check on XML docs that have <meta charset='utf-8'/>(check that the encoding actually is utf-8)

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Bug 591 - add encoding check on XML docs that have <meta charset='utf-8'/>(check that the encoding actually is utf-8)


Summary:	add encoding check on XML docs that have <meta charset='utf-8'/>(check that t...

Status:	NEW

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	XML parser
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

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Reported:	2009-07-05 09:49 CEST by Michael[tm] Smith
Modified:	2009-11-23 17:17 CET (History)
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Description Michael[tm] Smith 2009-07-05 09:49:37 CEST

For the schema part of this, a committed a fixe against bug 531. But as Simon noted in a comment there, we need to also report an error if an XML document that has a <meta charset='utf-8'/> is not actually encoded in UTF-8.

This seems like a check that needs to be done in the xmlparser code.