[css2] New wording about default style sheet, wording about presentation of elements, attributes, values, etc.

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit 12176cbf97e9 · 1997-10-20T02:59:54.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/conform.src b/css2/conform.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: conform.src,v 1.19 1997-10-16 16:55:24 ian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: conform.src,v 1.20 1997-10-20 02:59:54 ian Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Definitions and document conventions</TITLE>
@@ -273,13 +273,12 @@ impairments or may provide the choice to disable blinking.</P>
 <H3><span class="index-def" title="default style sheet">Default style
 			    sheet</span></H3>
 
-<P>A user agent can provide a default style sheet, so that even
-when a document has no associated style sheets, user agents apply
-rules from their default style sheet for presenting the document.  A
-user agent's default style sheet generally presents elements of the
-document language in ways that satisfy the expectations that most people
-have (e.g., for visual browsers, the EM element in HTML is presented
-using an italic font).
+<P>Conforming user agents must apply a default style sheet (or behave
+as if they did) prior to all other style sheets for a document. A user
+agent's default style sheet generally presents elements of the
+document language in ways that satisfy the expectations that most
+people have (e.g., for visual browsers, the EM element in HTML is
+presented using an italic font).
 
 <P>If a document has associated style sheets, the default style sheet
 is considered along with author and user style sheets when determining
@@ -298,13 +297,25 @@ of elements.
 
 <H3><span class="index-def" title="canvas">Canvas</span></H3> 
 
-<P> The canvas is an abstract rectangular surface on which visual user
-agent's format document elements. The canvas may be implemented in
-different media such as scrolled windows, on paper, etc.  Please
-consult the section on <a href="./media.html">media types</a> for more
-information.
+<P> The <a name="canvas">canvas</a> is an abstract rectangular surface
+on which visual user agent's format document elements. The canvas may
+be implemented in different media such as scrolled windows, on paper,
+etc.  Please consult the section on <a href="./media.html">media
+types</a> for more information.
 
 <H2>Conventions</H2>
+
+<H3>Document language elements and attributes</H3>
+
+<ul>
+<li>CSS property, descriptor, and pseudo-class names are delimited
+by single quotes.
+<li>CSS values are delimited by single quotes.
+<li>Document language element names are in upper case letters.
+<li>Document language attribute names are in lower case letters 
+and delimited by double quotes.
+</ul>
+
 <H3><a name="property-defs">CSS property definitions</a></H3>
 <P>Each CSS property definition begins with a summary of key
 information that resembles the following:
