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[css2] minor tweaks as can be seen from the spec
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- $Id: about.html,v 1.1 1997-11-04 12:08:00 howcome Exp $ -->
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<HEAD>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>About the CSS2 Specification</TITLE>
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<LINK rel="next" href="intro.html">
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<LINK rel="previous" href="cover.html">
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<LINK rel="STYLESHEET" href="style/default.css" type="text/css">
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</HEAD>
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<BODY>
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<div class="navbar">
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<center><a href="cover.html">previous</a> &nbsp; <a href="intro.html">next</a> &nbsp; <a href="cover.html#toc">contents</a> &nbsp; <a href="index.html">index</a>
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</center><hr>
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</div>
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<H1 align="center"><a name="h-1">1</a> About the CSS2 Specification</H1>
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<div class="subtoc"><p><strong>Contents</strong>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="about.html#h-1.1">How to read the specification</a>
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<li><a href="about.html#h-1.2">How the specification is organized</a>
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<li><a href="about.html#h-1.3">Acknowledgments</a>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<P>This document has been written with two types of readers in mind:
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CSS authors and CSS implementors. We hope the specification will
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provide authors with the tools they need to write efficient,
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attractive, and accessible documents, without overexposing them to
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CSS's implementation details. Implementors, however, should find all
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they need to build user agents that interpret CSS correctly.
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<P>The specification has been written with two modes of presentation
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in mind: electronic and printed. Although the two presentations will
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no doubt be similar, readers will find some differences. For example,
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links will not work in the printed version (obviously), and page
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numbers will not appear in the electronic version. In case of a
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discrepancy, the electronic version is considered the authoritative
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version of the document.
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<h2><a name="h-1.1">1.1</a> How to read the specification</h2>
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<p>The specification may be approached in several ways:
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<ul>
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<li><P><strong>Read from beginning to end.</strong> The specification
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begins with a general presentation of CSS and becomes more and more
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technical and specific towards the end. This is reflected in the
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specification's main table of contents, which presents topical
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information, and the indexes, which present lower level information in
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alphabetical order.</P>
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<li><strong>Quick access to information.</strong> In order to get
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information about syntax and semantics as quickly as possible, the
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electronic version of the specification includes the following
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features:
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<ol>
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<li>Every reference to an property or value is linked to
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its definition in the specification.
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<li>Every page will include links to the table of contents and to the
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index, so readers of the electronic version will never be more than
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two links away from finding the definition of a property or value.
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</ol>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="h-1.2">1.2</a> How the specification is organized</h2>
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<P>This specification includes the following sections:
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<dl>
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<dt><Strong>Section 3: An introduction CSS2</strong>
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<dd>The introduction begins with a brief tutorial in CSS2. The
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following section discusses design principles behind CSS2. Finally, we
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provide a list of suggested practice for style sheet authors.
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<dt><strong>Sections 4 - 17: CSS2 reference manual.</strong>
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<dd>The bulk of the reference manual consists of the definition of
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CSS2, including all properties and their values.
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<dt><strong>Section 18 - 22: Appendixes.</strong>
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<dd>The appendix contains information about <a href="sample.html">a
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sample style sheet for HTML 2.0</a>, <a href="changes.html">changes
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from CSS1 </a>, <a href="appendix/notes.html">implementation and
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performance </a>, <a href="grammar.html">the grammar of CSS2</a>, and
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a list of normative and informative references.
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<dt><strong>Section 23: General index.</strong>
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<dd>The <a href="index.html">general index</a> contains links to key
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concepts, property and value definitions, and other useful
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information.
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</dl>
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<H2><a name="h-1.3">1.3</a> Acknowledgments</H2>
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<P>This specification is the product of the W3C Working Group on
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Cascading Style Sheets and Formatting Properties. In addition to the
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editors of this specification, the members of the Working Group are:
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Brad Chase (Bitstream), Chris Wilson (Microsoft), Daniel Glazman
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(Electricité de France), Dave Raggett (W3C/HP), Ed Tecot (Microsoft),
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Jared Sorensen (Novell), Lauren Wood (SoftQuad), Laurie Anna Kaplan
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(Microsoft), Mike Wexler (Adobe), Murray Maloney (Grif), Powell Smith
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(IBM), Robert Stevahn (HP), Steve Byrne (JavaSoft), Steven Pemberton
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(CWI), Thom Phillabaum (Netscape) and the late Phil Karlton (Netscape).
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<P>A number of invited experts to the Working Group have contributed:
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Arnaud Le Hors (W3C), David Meltzer (Microsoft), George Kersher, Glenn
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Rippel (Bitstream), Jeff Veen (HotWired), Markku T. Hakkinen (The
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Productivity Works), Martin Dürst (Universität Zürich), Roy
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Platon (RAL), Todd Fahrner (Verso) and Vincent Quint (W3C).
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<p>Besides the editors, the following people have contributed in
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various ways to the sections pertaining to fonts: Alex Beamon (Apple),
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Ashok Saxena (Adobe), Ben Bauermeister (HP), Dave Raggett (W3C/HP),
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David Goldsmith (Apple), Ed Tecot (Microsoft), Erik van Blokland
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(LettError), François Yergeau (Alis), Gavin Nicol (Inso),
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Herbert van Zijl (Elsevier), Liam Quin (SoftQuad), Martin Dürst
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(Universität Zürich), Misha Wolf (Reuters), Paul Haeberli
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(SGI).
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<P>The section on Paged Media was in large parts authored by Robert
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Stevahn (HP) and Stephen Waters (Microsoft).
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<P>Robert Stevahn (HP), along with Scott Furman (Netscape) and Scott
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Isaacs (Microsoft) were key contributors to CSS positioning.
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<P>Mike Wexler (Adobe) was the editor of the interim Working Draft
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which described much of the new features of CSS2.
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<P>Todd Fahrner (Verso) researched contemporary and historical
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browsers to develop the sample style sheet in the appendix.
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<P>Through electronic and physical encounters, the following people
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have contributed to the development of CSS2: James Clark, Daniel
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Connolly, Donna Converse, Scott Isaacs, Lou Montulli, Henrik Frystyk
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Nielsen, Jacob Nielsen, William Perry, David Siegel and Stephen Zilles.
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<P>The discussions on www-style@w3.org have been influential in many
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key issues for CSS. Especially, we would like to thank Bjorn Backlund,
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Todd Fahrner, MegaZone, Eric Meyer, David Perrell, Liam Quinn and
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Chris Wilson for their participation.
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<P>Special thanks to Arnaud Le Hors, whose engineering contributions
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made this document work.
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<P>Lastly, thanks to Tim Berners-Lee without whom none of this would
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have been possible.
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<div class="navbar">
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<hr><center><a href="cover.html">previous</a> &nbsp; <a href="intro.html">next</a> &nbsp; <a href="cover.html#toc">contents</a> &nbsp; <a href="index.html">index</a>
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</center></div>
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