I18N::Charset was created as a step toward solving that problem...
As in: "Let's create yet another slightly incompatible standard"? :-)
Basically, it maps charset names and aliases to the IANA registry
names.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/character-sets
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