1. Не питам аз.
2. Каква точно е разликата, като сложи такъв encoding, и в xml кода има:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251" ?>
<SomeData>
&#192;&#231; &#241;&#250;&#236; &#237;&#238;&#226; &#232; &#237;&#229;&#231;&#237;&#224;&#255; &#239;&#238;&#247;&#242;&#232; &#237;&#232;&#249;&#238; &#231;&#224; XML, &#237;&#238; &#232; &#242;&#238;&#226;&#224; &#234;&#238;&#229;&#242;&#238; &#239;&#240;&#224;&#226;&#255; &#237;&#229; &#232;&#231;&#232;&#241;&#234;&#226;&#224; &#237;&#255;&#234;&#224;&#234;&#226;&#232; &#241;&#239;&#229;&#246;&#232;&#224;&#235;&#237;&#232; &#239;&#238;&#231;&#237;&#224;&#237;&#232;&#255;
&#199;&#237;&#224;&#247;&#232; &#239;&#240;&#224;&#226;&#255; &#241;&#232; RSS feeds == &#239;&#238;&#235;&#231;&#226;&#224;&#236; &#229;&#228;&#237;&#224; &#239;&#240;&#238;&#227;&#240;&#224;&#236;&#234;&#224; FeedForAll &#232; &#226;&#241;&#232;&#247;&#234;&#238; &#241;&#232; &#229; &#237;&#238;&#240;&#236;&#224;&#235;&#237;&#238; == &#237;&#238; &#234;&#238;&#227;&#224;&#242;&#238; &#239;&#232;&#248;&#224; &#237;&#224; &#225;&#250;&#235;&#227;&#224;&#240;&#241;&#234;&#232; &#232;&#231;&#235;&#232;&#231;&#224;&#242;
</SomeData>
Пробва ли го това което предлагаш, или само така си приказваш?
3. От гледна точка многоезикова поддръжка е по-добре да се използват Unicode кодировки (където се поддръжат): UTF8, UTF16, UCS2, UCS4
4. Откъде изрови тази тема... в която последното мнение на автора е отпреди два месеца, и се предполага, че си е решил проблема, но нищо не е казал по въпроса?!

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