The character set of a document is determined in part by the language it is written in. For most Web browsers, you can override the default character set setting for a document, a set of documents, or a directory by selecting a resource and entering a character set for that resource.
Most Web browsers can use the MIME type charset parameter in HTTP to change its character set. If the server includes this parameter in its response, the Web browser changes its character set accordingly. The following are some character set examples:
Content-Type: text/html;charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Type: text/html;charset=iso-2022-jp
The charset names recognized by Netscape Communicator are specified in RFC 1700 (except for the names that begin with x-). These charset names include the following:
us-ascii |
iso-8859-1 |
iso-2022-jp |
x-sjis |
x-euc-jp |
x-mac-roman |
Additionally, the following aliases are recognized for us-ascii:
ansi_x3.4-1968 |
iso-ir-6 |
ansi_x3.4-1986 |
iso_646.irv:1991 |
ascii |
iso646-us |
us |
ibm367 |
cp367 |
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The following aliases are recognized for iso_8859-1:
latin1 |
iso_8859-1 |
iso_8859-1:1987 |
iso-ir-100 |
ibm819 |
cp819 |
To change the character set, do the following:
Click Enterprise Web Server servername > Content Management > International Characters.
Select the server resource you want to change the character set for from the Editing drop-down list.
To view the different server resources, click Browse .
To type the pattern you want to edit, click Wildcard .
In the Character Set field, enter one of the character sets previsously mentioned in this section.
Click OK > Save and Apply.