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for any resulting changes, corrections, or clarifications.
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<h3 id="w3c-process">
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Background: The W3C Process and CSS</h3>
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<em>This section is non-normative.</em>
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In the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/">W3C Process</a>,
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a Recommendation-track document passes through three levels of stability,
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summarized below:
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<dl>
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<dt>Working Draft (WD)
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<dd>
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This is the design phase of a W3C spec.
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The WG iterates the spec in response to internal and external feedback.
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The first official Working Draft is designated the “First Public Working Draft” (FPWD).
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In the CSSWG, publishing FPWD indicates that the Working Group as a whole has agreed to work on the module,
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roughly as scoped out and proposed in the editor's draft.
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The transition to the next stage is sometimes called “Last Call Working Draft” (LCWD) phase.
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The CSSWG transitions Working Drafts once we have resolved all known issues,
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and can make no further progress without feedback from building tests and implementations.
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This ”Last Call for Comments” sets a deadline for reporting any outstanding issues,
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and requires the WG to specially track and address incoming feedback.
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The comment-tracking document is the Disposition of Comments (DoC).
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It is submitted along with an updated draft for the Director's approval,
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to demonstrate wide review and acceptance.
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<dt>Candidate Recommendation (CR)
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<dd>
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This is the testing phase of a W3C spec.
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Notably, this phase is about using tests and implementations to test the specification:
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it is not about testing the implementations.
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This process often reveals more problems with the spec,
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and so a Candidate Recommendation will morph over time in response to implementation and testing feedback,
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though usually less so than during the design phase (WD).
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Demonstration of two correct, independent implementations of each feature is required to exit CR,
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so in this phase the WG builds a test suite and generates implementation reports.
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The transition to the next stage is “Proposed Recommendation” (PR).
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During this phase the W3C Advisory Committee must approve the transition to REC.
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<dt>Recommendation (REC)
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<dd>
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This is the completed state of a W3C spec and represents a maintainance phase.
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At this point the WG only maintains an errata document
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and occasionally publishes an updated edition that incorporates the errata back into the spec.
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</dl>
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An <dfn export>Editor's Draft</dfn> is effectively a live copy of the editors’ own working copy.
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It may or may not reflect Working Group consensus,
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and can at times be in a self-inconsistent state.
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(Because the publishing process at W3C is time-consuming and onerous,
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the <a>Editor's Draft</a> is usually the best (most up-to-date) reference for a spec.
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Efforts are currently underway to reduce the friction of publishing,
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so that official drafts will be regularly up-to-date
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and <a>Editor's Drafts</a> can return to their original function as scratch space.)
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<h2 id="css">Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) &mdash; The Official Definition</h2>
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("CSS Level 3" as a term is used only to differentiate it from the previous monolithic versions.)
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<h3 id="w3c-process">The W3C Process and CSS</h3>
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In the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/">W3C Process</a>,
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a Recommendation-track document passes through three levels of stability,
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summarized below:
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<dt>Working Draft (WD)
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<dd>
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<h3 id="profiles">
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CSS Profiles</h3>
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This is the design phase of a W3C spec.
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The WG iterates the spec in response to internal and external feedback.
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The first official Working Draft is designated the “First Public Working Draft” (FPWD).
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In the CSSWG, publishing FPWD indicates that the Working Group as a whole has agreed to work on the module,
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roughly as scoped out and proposed in the editor's draft.
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The transition to the next stage is sometimes called “Last Call Working Draft” (LCWD) phase.
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The CSSWG transitions Working Drafts once we have resolved all known issues,
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and can make no further progress without feedback from building tests and implementations.
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This ”Last Call for Comments” sets a deadline for reporting any outstanding issues,
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and requires the WG to specially track and address incoming feedback.
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The comment-tracking document is the Disposition of Comments (DoC).
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It is submitted along with an updated draft for the Director's approval,
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to demonstrate wide review and acceptance.
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<dt>Candidate Recommendation (CR)
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<dd>
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This is the testing phase of a W3C spec.
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Notably, this phase is about using tests and implementations to test the specification:
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it is not about testing the implementations.
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This process often reveals more problems with the spec,
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and so a Candidate Recommendation will morph over time in response to implementation and testing feedback,
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though usually less so than during the design phase (WD).
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Demonstration of two correct, independent implementations of each feature is required to exit CR,
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so in this phase the WG builds a test suite and generates implementation reports.
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The transition to the next stage is “Proposed Recommendation” (PR).
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During this phase the W3C Advisory Committee must approve the transition to REC.
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Not all implementations will implement all functionality defined in CSS.
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For example, an implementation may choose to implement only the functionality required by a CSS Profile.
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Profiles define a subset of CSS considered fundamental for a specific class of CSS implementations.
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The W3C CSS Working Group defines the following CSS profiles:
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<dt>Recommendation (REC)
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This is the completed state of a W3C spec and represents a maintainance phase.
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At this point the WG only maintains an errata document
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and occasionally publishes an updated edition that incorporates the errata back into the spec.
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</dl>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-mobile/">CSS Mobile Profile 2.0</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-print/">CSS Print Profile 1.0</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-tv">CSS TV Profile 1.0</a>
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An <dfn export>Editor's Draft</dfn> is effectively a live copy of the editors’ own working copy.
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It may or may not reflect Working Group consensus,
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and can at times be in a self-inconsistent state.
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(Because the publishing process at W3C is time-consuming and onerous,
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the <a>Editor's Draft</a> is usually the best (most up-to-date) reference for a spec.
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Efforts are currently underway to reduce the friction of publishing,
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so that official drafts will be regularly up-to-date
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and <a>Editor's Drafts</a> can return to their original function as scratch space.)
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Note: Partial implementations of CSS, even if that subset is an official profile,
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must follow the forward-compatible parsing rules for <a href="#partial">partial implementations</a>.
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Not all implementations will implement all functionality defined in CSS.
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For example, an implementation may choose to implement only the functionality required by a CSS Profile.
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Profiles define a subset of CSS considered fundamental for a specific class of CSS implementations.
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The W3C CSS Working Group defines the following CSS profiles:
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-mobile/">CSS Mobile Profile 2.0</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-print/">CSS Print Profile 1.0</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-tv">CSS TV Profile 1.0</a>
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<h3 id="experimental">Implementations of Unstable and Proprietary Features</h3>
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To avoid clashes with future stable CSS features,

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