LINK.charset (Property)

The character set that the document at the other end of a link's URL is expected to use.

Availability:

DOM level - 1
JavaScript - 1.5
JScript - 5.0
Internet Explorer - 5.0
Netscape - 6.0
Property/method value type:String primitive
JavaScript syntax:-myLINK.charset

This would contain the character set being used by the target document at the other end of the link. For example the value "iso-8859-1" is likely to be returned but the local variant of the browser and OS may affect the value you get.

This property might contain a value such as:

csISO5427Cyrillic

Details of other aliases can be located at the IANA registry.

See also:Anchor.charset, Url.charset

Web-references:

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/character-sets