Make 'page' not inherit per 2008-11-05 F2F resolution http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Nov/0024.html

Author: fantasai

css3-page/Overview.html

@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ <h3 id=using-named-pages><span class=secno>9.2 </span>Using named pages:
       <tr>
        <th>Value:
 
-       <td>&lt;identifier&gt;
+       <td>auto | &lt;identifier&gt;
 
       <tr>
        <th>Initial:
@@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@ <h3 id=using-named-pages><span class=secno>9.2 </span>Using named pages:
       <tr>
        <th>Inherited:
 
-       <td>yes
+       <td>no (but see prose)
 
       <tr>
        <th>Percentages:
@@ -2577,7 +2577,27 @@ <h3 id=using-named-pages><span class=secno>9.2 </span>Using named pages:
      that is different from the preceding block box with inline content, then
      one or two page breaks are inserted between them, and the boxes after
      the break are rendered on a page box of the named type. See <a
-     href="#forced-pg-brk">"Forced page breaks" below</a>.</p>
+     href="#forced-pg-brk">"Forced page breaks" below</a>.
+
+    <p>The &lsquo;<code class=property><a href="#page">page</a></code>&rsquo;
+     property does not inherit. However, if the &lsquo;<code
+     class=property><a href="#page">page</a></code>&rsquo; value on an
+     element is &lsquo;<code class=css>auto</code>&rsquo;, then it is treated
+     as having the same name as its nearest ancestor with a non-auto value.
+     When indicated on the root element, the effective name is the empty
+     string.</p>
+
+    <p>Because a previous version of this specification indicated that the
+     &lsquo;<code class=property><a href="#page">page</a></code>&rsquo;
+     property is inherited, an implementation that inherits the &lsquo;<code
+     class=property><a href="#page">page</a></code>&rsquo; property and
+     treats &lsquo;<code class=css>auto</code>&rsquo; as always naming the
+     empty string remains conformant to CSS3 Paged Media. Therefore authors
+     should not explicitly specify the &lsquo;<code
+     class=css>auto</code>&rsquo; value on a descendant of an element with a
+     non-&lsquo;<code class=css>auto</code>&rsquo; &lsquo;<code
+     class=property><a href="#page">page</a></code>&rsquo; value as the
+     resulting behavior will be unpredictable.
 
     <div class=example>
      <p>In this example, the two tables are rendered on landscape pages

css3-page/Overview.src.html

@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ <h3 id="using-named-pages">Using named pages: 'page'</h3>
     <td><dfn id="page">page</dfn>
   <tr>
     <th>Value:
-    <td>&lt;identifier&gt;
+    <td>auto | &lt;identifier&gt;
   <tr>
     <th>Initial:
     <td>auto
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ <h3 id="using-named-pages">Using named pages: 'page'</h3>
     <td>block-level elements
   <tr>
     <th>Inherited:
-    <td>yes
+    <td>no (but see prose)
   <tr>
     <th>Percentages:
     <td>N/A
@@ -1839,7 +1839,19 @@ <h3 id="using-named-pages">Using named pages: 'page'</h3>
 that is different from the preceding block box with inline content, then one or
 two page breaks are inserted between them, and the boxes after the break are
 rendered on a page box of the named type. See <a href="#forced-pg-brk">"Forced
-page breaks" below</a>.</p>
+page breaks" below</a>.
+
+<p>The 'page' property does not inherit. However, if the 'page' value on an
+element is ''auto'', then it is treated as having the same name as its nearest
+ancestor with a non-auto value. When indicated on the root element, the
+effective name is the empty string.</p>
+
+<p>Because a previous version of this specification indicated that the 'page'
+property is inherited, an implementation that inherits the 'page' property and
+treats ''auto'' as always naming the empty string remains conformant to CSS3
+Paged Media. Therefore authors should not explicitly specify the ''auto''
+value on a descendant of an element with a non-''auto'' 'page' value as the
+resulting behavior will be unpredictable.
 
 <div class="example">