[dbaron revision history] Comment about 'as specified'. (date: 2003/10/11 03:35:38)

Author: dbaron

css3-syntax/Overview.src.html

@@ -1859,6 +1859,13 @@ <h3 id="property-def-computed">Computed value</h3>
 [[!CSS3CASCADE]].  (It is needed both for inheritance and for the
 definitions of some DOM properties.)</p>
 
+<p>When the computed value line says "as specified", then for the
+special <span>'initial'</span> and <span>'inherit'</span> values, the
+computed value is as though the initial value or the inherited value had
+been specified -- it is not 'initial' or 'inherit' itself.  <span
+class="issue">[Check this with the definition of "specified value".  It
+may not be needed.]<span></p>
+
 <p class="issue">[What is the computed value for elements to which the
 property does not apply?  Do some existing inherited properties rely on
 inheritance through elements to which the property doesn't apply?]</p>