HTML5 encoding documents: UTF-8
UTF-8 Encoding
About UTF-8: Why choosing UTF-8 - World wild web Examples:
- "Authors should use UTF-8." w3.org web spec
- "..UTF-8 can support many languages and can accommodate pages and forms in any mixture of those languages ..." w3.org/International Q&A section
- "UTF-8 is most common on the web" unicode.org FAQ section
- "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646 ...ISO/IEC 10646-1 defines a large character set called the Universal Character Set (UCS) which encompasses most of the world's writing systems" RFC3629
- In terms of Web Development, UTF-8 is the encoding with the largest symbol set: below examples of websites using UTF-8:
hebrew website, chinese website, russian website, arabic website, french website
Video demonstration HTML5 encoding documents about UTF-8, examples
HTML5 about UTF-8 encoding and examples Tutorial
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00:06 | About UTF-8 Why Choosing UTF-8 UTF-8 Global Usage Examples |
00:27 | the web spec on using UTF-8 encoding |
00:38 | International: the web spec on choosing an encoding |
01:00 | why choosing UTF-8 (global websites) |
01:30 | The Unicode Consortium about UTF-8 |
01:39 | The List of Character Sets (iana.org) |
01:44 | UTF-8 RFC3629 |
01:50 | UTF-8... encompasses most of the world's writing systems |
02:10 | so in terms of web development, UTF-8 is the encoding with the largest symbol set! UTF-8 worldwide usage: a few web site examples UTF-8 encoded presented next |
02:19 | Hebrew website UTF-8 encoded Character encoding: Unicode |
02:47 | Chinese website UTF-8 encoded Character encoding: Unicode |
03:04 | Russian website UTF-8 encoded Character encoding: Unicode |
03:23 | Arabic website UTF-8 encoded Character encoding: Unicode |
03:44 | French website UTF-8 encoded Character encoding: Unicode |