[theme-reviewers] Edit to codex, regarding charset etc.

[Andrew Nacin]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net>
wrote:
> ** Correct content-type meta declaration: <nowiki><meta
http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>;
charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" /></nowiki> declared before
<nowiki><title></nowiki>
>
> This has been verified with the core team as being not a requirement due
to elements in it are HTML5, removed from the theme_review codex as a
requirement.
>
> - Phil

HTML5 allows for <meta charset> instead of the longer version. Charset
should remain a requirement, but it is up to the developer to chose their
doctype and which tag they wish to use. No different than requiring a
doctype but not mandating which one, as long as it is syntactically correct.
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