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66<TITLE>About the CSS 2.1 Specification</TITLE>
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@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ information that resembles the following:</p>
146146<h4><a name="value-defs">Value</a></h4>
147147
148148<P>This part specifies the set of valid values for the property whose
149- name is <span class="propinst-property-name">'property-name'</span>. Value
150- types may be designated in several ways:
149+ name is <span class="propinst-property-name">'property-name'</span>. A property
150+ value can have one or more components. Component value types are designated
151+ in several ways:
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152153<ol>
153154<li> <a name="syndata.html#keywords">keyword</a> values (e.g., auto,
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ the corresponding value definition.
182183literally, without quotes (e.g., red). The slash (/) and the comma (,)
183184must also appear literally.
184185
185- <P>Values may be arranged as follows:</p>
186+ <P>Component values may be arranged into property values as follows:</p>
186187
187188<ul>
188189<li>Several juxtaposed words mean that all of them must occur, in the
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ given order.
191192exactly one of them must occur.
192193<li>A double bar (||) separates
193194two or more options: one or more of them must occur, in any order.
194- <li>A double ampersand (&&) separates two or more values all of which
195+ <li>A double ampersand (&&) separates two or more components, all of which
195196must occur, in any order.
196197<li>Brackets ([ ]) are for grouping.
197198</ul>
@@ -238,10 +239,10 @@ the following modifiers:</p>
238239 <EM>Value:</EM> inset? && [ <length>{2,4} && <color>? ]
239240</BLOCKQUOTE>
240241
241- <p>Value types are specified in terms of tokens, as described in <a
242+ <p>Component values are specified in terms of tokens, as described in <a
242243href="grammar.html#scanner">Appendix G.2</a>. As the grammar allows spaces
243244between tokens in the components of the <code>expr</code> production,
244- spaces may appear between tokens in values.
245+ spaces may appear between tokens in property values.
245246
246247<p class=note>Note: In many cases, spaces will in fact be
247248<em>required</em> between tokens in order to distinguish them from
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ and '2em'.
257258<P>This part specifies the property's initial value. Please consult
258259the section on <a href="cascade.html">the cascade</a> for information
259260about the interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and
260- initial values.
261+ initial property values.
261262
262263
263264<h4><a name="applies-to">Applies to</a></h4>
@@ -273,14 +274,14 @@ class="propinst-clear">'clear'</span> property only affects block-level elements
273274from an ancestor element. Please consult the section on <a
274275href="cascade.html">the cascade</a> for information about the
275276interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and initial
276- values.
277+ property values.
277278
278279
279280<h4><a name="percentage-wrt">Percentage values</a></h4>
280281
281282<p>This part indicates how percentages should be interpreted, if they occur in
282283the value of the property. If "N/A" appears here, it means that the
283- property does not accept percentages as values.
284+ property does not accept percentages in its values.
284285
285286<h4><a name="media-applies">Media groups</a></h4>
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