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[css2] updated acknowledgements
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<!-- $Id: about.src,v 1.7 1997-10-16 16:54:19 ian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Id: about.src,v 1.8 1997-10-29 21:54:41 howcome Exp $ -->
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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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<p>The specification may be approached in several ways:
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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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<li>Every reference to an property or value is linked to
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<h2>How the specification is organized</h2>
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This specification includes the following sections:
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<P>This specification includes the following sections:
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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 CSS language
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reference, which describes and defines all CSS properties.
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<dt><strong>Section 18 - 22: Appendixes.</strong>
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<dd>The appendix contains
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information about <a href="sample.html">a sample style sheet for HTML
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2.0</a>, <a href="changes.html">changes from CSS1
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</a>, <a href="appendix/notes.html">implementation and performance
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</a>, <a href="grammar.html">the grammar of CSS2</a>, and a list of
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normative and informative references.
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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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concepts, property and value definitions, and other useful
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<H2>Acknowledgments</H2>
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<P>During the short life of HTML, there have been several style sheet
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proposals (available at the <a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C Web
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site</a>) to which this proposal is indebted. Especially the proposals
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from Robert Raisch, Joe English and Pei Wei were influential.
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<P> A number of people have contributed to the development of CSS2. We
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would especially like to thank: Terry Allen, Murray Altheim, Glenn
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Adams, Walter Bender, Tim Berners-Lee, Yves Bertot, Scott Bigham,
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Steve Byrne, Robert Cailliau, James Clark, Daniel Connolly, Donna
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Converse, Adam Costello, Todd Fahrner, Todd Freter, Roy Fielding, Neil
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Galarneau, Daniel Glazman, Wayne Gramlich, Phill Hallam-Baker, Philipp
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Hoschka, Kevin Hughes, Scott Isaacs, Tony Jebson, William Johnston,
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Gilles Kahn, Philippe Kaplan, Phil Karlton, Evan Kirshenbaum, Yves
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Lafon, Murray Maloney, Lou Montulli, Colas Nahaboo, Henrik Frystyk
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Nielsen, David Perrell, William Perry, Scott Preece, Paul Prescod,
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Liam Quin, Vincent Quint, Jenny Raggett, Thomas Reardon, C&eacute;cile
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Roisin, Michael Seaton, David Seibert, David Siegel, David Singer,
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Benjamin Sittler, Jon Smirl, Charles Peyton Taylor, Ir&egrave;ne Vatton,
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Daniel Veillard, Mandira Virmani, Greg Watkins, Mike Wexler, Lydja
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Williams, Brian Wilson, Chris Wilson, Lauren Wood and Stephen Zilles.
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<p>Besides the authors, 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; Bert Bos, W3C; Dave
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Raggett, W3C/HP; David Goldsmith, Apple; Ed Tecot, Microsoft, Erik van
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Blokland, LettError; Fran&ccedil;ois Yergeau, Alis; Gavin Nicol, Inso;
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Herbert van Zijl, Elsevier; Lee Quinn, SoftQuad; Martin D&uuml;rst,
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Universit&auml;t Z&uuml;rich; Misha Wolf, Reuters; Paul Haeberli, SGI.
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<P> Three people deserve special mentioning: Dave Raggett (for his
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encouragement and work on HTML3), Chris Lilley (for his continued
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contributions, especially in the area of colors and fonts) and Steven
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Pemberton (for his organizational as well as creative skills).
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<P> Special thanks to Arnaud Le Hors, whose engineering contributions
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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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(Electricit� 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 D�rst (Universit&auml;t Z&uuml;rich), 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), Fran&ccedil;ois Yergeau (Alis), Gavin Nicol (Inso),
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Herbert van Zijl (Elsevier), Liam Quin (SoftQuad), Martin D&uuml;rst
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(Universit&auml;t Z&uuml;rich), 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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