@@ -50,6 +50,54 @@ Introduction {#intro}
5050 the CSS Working Group has chosen to publish this profile
5151 to define the current scope and state of Cascading Style Sheets as of 2022.
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53+ <h3 id="css-glossary">
54+ What is CSS?</h3>
55+
56+ <dl export>
57+ <dt> <dfn lt="CSS | Cascading Style Sheets">Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)</dfn>
58+ <dd>
59+ CSS is a language for writing [=style sheets=] ,
60+ and is designed to describe the rendering of structured documents
61+ (such as HTML and XML)
62+ on a variety of media.
63+ CSS is used to describe the presentation of a [=source document=] ,
64+ and usually does not change the underlying semantics
65+ expressed by its [=document language=] .
66+
67+ <dt> <dfn>Style sheet</dfn>
68+ <dd>
69+ A set of rules that specify the presentation of a document.
70+ Style sheets are written by an [=Author=] ,
71+ and interpreted by a [=User Agent=] ,
72+ to present the document to the [=User=] .
73+
74+ <dt> <dfn>Source document</dfn>
75+ <dd>
76+ The document to which one or more style sheets apply.
77+ A source document’s structure and semantics are encoded
78+ using a [=document language=] (e.g., HTML, XHTML, or SVG).
79+
80+ <dt> <dfn>Author</dfn>
81+ <dd>
82+ An author is a person who writes documents and associated style sheets.
83+ An <dfn>authoring tool</dfn> is a [=User Agent=] that generates style sheets.
84+
85+ <dt> <dfn>User</dfn>
86+ <dd>
87+ A user is a person who interacts with a user agent
88+ to view, hear, or otherwise use the document.
89+
90+ <dt> <dfn lt="user agent | UA">User Agent (UA)</dfn>
91+ <dd>
92+ A user agent is any program that interprets a document
93+ and its associated [=style sheets=] .
94+ A [=user agent=] may display a document, read it aloud,
95+ cause it to be printed, convert it to another format, etc.
96+ For the purposes of the CSS specifications,
97+ a [=User Agent=] is one that supports and interprets [=Cascading Style Sheets=]
98+ as defined in these specifications.
99+ </dl>
100+
53101<h3 id="w3c-process">
54102Background: The W3C Process and CSS</h3>
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