DO NOT REPLY [Bug 21654] New: - Support for "ISO-8859-15" encoding

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Support for "ISO-8859-15" encoding

           Summary: Support for "ISO-8859-15" encoding
           Product: Xerces2-J
           Version: 2.4.0
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: karsten.silz@epost.de


Xerces does not support the "ISO-8859-15" XML encoding
(http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-5).  However, this
encoding  is popular in Europe because it includes the Euro symbol ("�" - see
http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/2002/09/18/euroxml.html).  Java supports this encoding
since JDK 1.2
(http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/books/xmljava/chapters/ch03s03.html#encoding_table).

I suggest that "ISO-8859-15" should be supported in a future version of Xerces
because it will provide convenience to European users.  Since it is only
marginally different from "ISO-8859-1", that seems to be not too difficult.

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