<td>Media Type</td>
<td>Browser indicates preferences with the <code>Accept</code>
- header field. Each item can have an associated quality factor.
- Variant description can also have a quality factor (the
- "qs" parameter).</td>
+ header field. Each item can have an associated quality factor.
+ Variant description can also have a quality factor (the "qs"
+ parameter).</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Language</td>
<td>Browser indicates preferences with the
- <code>Accept-Language</code> header field. Each item can
- have a quality factor. Variants can be associated with none,
- one or more than one language.</td>
+ <code>Accept-Language</code> header field. Each item can have
+ a quality factor. Variants can be associated with none, one or
+ more than one language.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Encoding</td>
<td>Browser indicates preference with the
- <code>Accept-Encoding</code> header field. Each item can have
- a quality factor.</td>
+ <code>Accept-Encoding</code> header field. Each item can have
+ a quality factor.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Charset</td>
<td>Browser indicates preference with the
- <code>Accept-Charset</code> header field. Each item can have a
- quality factor. Variants can indicate a charset as a parameter
- of the media type.</td>
+ <code>Accept-Charset</code> header field. Each item can have a
+ quality factor. Variants can indicate a charset as a parameter
+ of the media type.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<ol>
<li>Multiply the quality factor from the <code>Accept</code>
- header with the quality-of-source factor for this variants
- media type, and select the variants with the highest
- value.</li>
+ header with the quality-of-source factor for this variants
+ media type, and select the variants with the highest
+ value.</li>
<li>Select the variants with the highest language quality
factor.</li>
<li>Select the variants with the best language match,
using either the order of languages in the
<code>Accept-Language</code> header (if present), or else
- the order of languages in the <code>LanguagePriority</code>
- directive (if present).</li>
+ the order of languages in the <code>LanguagePriority</code>
+ directive (if present).</li>
<li>Select the variants with the highest 'level' media
parameter (used to give the version of text/html media
types).</li>
<li>Select variants with the best charset media
- parameters, as given on the <code>Accept-Charset</code>
- header line. Charset ISO-8859-1 is acceptable unless
- explicitly excluded. Variants with a <code>text/*</code>
- media type but not explicitly associated with a particular
- charset are assumed to be in ISO-8859-1.</li>
+ parameters, as given on the <code>Accept-Charset</code>
+ header line. Charset ISO-8859-1 is acceptable unless
+ explicitly excluded. Variants with a <code>text/*</code>
+ media type but not explicitly associated with a particular
+ charset are assumed to be in ISO-8859-1.</li>
<li>Select those variants which have associated charset
media parameters that are <em>not</em> ISO-8859-1. If
<td>Media Type</td>
<td>Browser indicates preferences with the <code>Accept</code>
- header field. Each item can have an associated quality factor.
- Variant description can also have a quality factor (the
- "qs" parameter).</td>
+ header field. Each item can have an associated quality factor.
+ Variant description can also have a quality factor (the "qs"
+ parameter).</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Language</td>
<td>Browser indicates preferences with the
- <code>Accept-Language</code> header field. Each item can
- have a quality factor. Variants can be associated with none,
- one or more than one language.</td>
+ <code>Accept-Language</code> header field. Each item can have
+ a quality factor. Variants can be associated with none, one or
+ more than one language.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Encoding</td>
<td>Browser indicates preference with the
- <code>Accept-Encoding</code> header field. Each item can have
- a quality factor.</td>
+ <code>Accept-Encoding</code> header field. Each item can have
+ a quality factor.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Charset</td>
<td>Browser indicates preference with the
- <code>Accept-Charset</code> header field. Each item can have a
- quality factor. Variants can indicate a charset as a parameter
- of the media type.</td>
+ <code>Accept-Charset</code> header field. Each item can have a
+ quality factor. Variants can indicate a charset as a parameter
+ of the media type.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<ol>
<li>Multiply the quality factor from the <code>Accept</code>
- header with the quality-of-source factor for this variants
- media type, and select the variants with the highest
- value.</li>
+ header with the quality-of-source factor for this variants
+ media type, and select the variants with the highest
+ value.</li>
<li>Select the variants with the highest language quality
factor.</li>
<li>Select the variants with the best language match,
using either the order of languages in the
<code>Accept-Language</code> header (if present), or else
- the order of languages in the <code>LanguagePriority</code>
- directive (if present).</li>
+ the order of languages in the <code>LanguagePriority</code>
+ directive (if present).</li>
<li>Select the variants with the highest 'level' media
parameter (used to give the version of text/html media
types).</li>
<li>Select variants with the best charset media
- parameters, as given on the <code>Accept-Charset</code>
- header line. Charset ISO-8859-1 is acceptable unless
- explicitly excluded. Variants with a <code>text/*</code>
- media type but not explicitly associated with a particular
- charset are assumed to be in ISO-8859-1.</li>
+ parameters, as given on the <code>Accept-Charset</code>
+ header line. Charset ISO-8859-1 is acceptable unless
+ explicitly excluded. Variants with a <code>text/*</code>
+ media type but not explicitly associated with a particular
+ charset are assumed to be in ISO-8859-1.</li>
<li>Select those variants which have associated charset
media parameters that are <em>not</em> ISO-8859-1. If