11<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
22<html lang="en">
3- <!-- $Id: conform.src,v 2.85 2008-06-25 16:20:35 bbos Exp $ -->
3+ <!-- $Id: conform.src,v 2.86 2009-05-13 12:59:58 bbos Exp $ -->
44<HEAD>
55<TITLE>Conformance: requirements and recommendations</TITLE>
66
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ paragraph.</p></div>
5353<div class=note><p>Notes start with the word "Note," are indented and
5454shown in green, like this paragraph.</p></div>
5555
56- <p>Figures are for illustration only, they are not reference
56+ <p>Figures are for illustration only. They are not reference
5757renderings, unless explicitly stated.
5858
5959<dl>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ an XML or SGML instance.</dd>
106106<dt><strong><span class="index-def" title="document language"><a
107107name="doclanguage">Document language</a></span></strong>
108108
109- <dd>The encoding language of the source document (e.g., HTML, XHTML or
109+ <dd>The encoding language of the source document (e.g., HTML, XHTML, or
110110SVG). CSS is used to describe the presentation of document languages
111111and CSS does not change the underlying semantics of the document
112112languages.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ have intrinsic dimensions: an intrinsic width, an intrinsic height,
131131and an intrinsic ratio. For example, a bitmap image has an intrinsic
132132width and an intrinsic height specified in absolute units (from which
133133the intrinsic ratio can obviously be determined). On the other hand,
134- other documents may not have any intrinsic dimensions (for example a
134+ other documents may not have any intrinsic dimensions (for example, a
135135blank HTML document).
136136
137137<p>User agents may consider a replaced element to not have any
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ title="ignore"><a name="ignore">Ignore</a></span></strong>
177177specification. First, a CSS parser must follow certain rules when it
178178discovers unknown or illegal syntax in a style sheet. The parser must
179179then ignore certain parts of the style sheets. The exact rules for
180- what parts must be ignored is given in these section: <a
181- href="syndata.html#declaration">Declarations and properties</a>, <a
180+ which parts must be ignored are described in these sections ( <a
181+ href="syndata.html#declaration">Declarations and properties, </a> <a
182182href="syndata.html#parsing-errors">Rules for handling parsing
183- errors</a>, <a href="syndata.html#unsupported-values">Unsupported
184- Values</a>, or may be explained in the text where the term "ignore"
183+ errors, </a> <a href="syndata.html#unsupported-values">Unsupported
184+ Values</a>) or may be explained in the text where the term "ignore"
185185appears. Second, a user agent may (and, in some cases must) disregard
186- certain properties or values in the style sheet even if the syntax is
187- legal. For example, table-column elements can't affect the font of the
186+ certain properties or values in the style sheet, even if the syntax is
187+ legal. For example, table-column elements cannot affect the font of the
188188column, so the font properties must be ignored.
189189
190190
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ class="index-def"><a name="property">Property</a></span></strong>
289289
290290<dd>CSS defines a finite set of parameters, called properties, that
291291direct the rendering of a document. Each property has a name (e.g.,
292- 'color', 'font' or border') and a value (e.g., 'red', '12pt Times' or
292+ 'color', 'font', or border') and a value (e.g., 'red', '12pt Times', or
293293'dotted'). Properties are attached to various parts of the document
294294and to the page on which the document is to be displayed by the
295- mechanisms of specificity, cascading and inheritance (see the chapter
295+ mechanisms of specificity, cascading, and inheritance (see the chapter
296296on <a href="cascade.html">Assigning property values, Cascading, and
297297Inheritance</a>).
298298
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ not imply non-conformance. </P>
417417<p>UAs must allow users to specify a file that contains the user style
418418sheet. UAs that run on devices without any means of writing or
419419specifying files are exempted from this requirement. Additionally, UAs
420- may offer other means to specify user preferences, for example through
420+ may offer other means to specify user preferences, for example, through
421421a GUI.
422422
423423<p>CSS 2.1 does not define which properties apply to form controls and
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