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@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus>Editor's Draft 3 January 2009</h2>
 
   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=abstract>Abstract</h2>
 
-  <p>This CSS3 module describes how values are assigned to properties. CSS
-   allows several style sheets to influence the rendering of a document, and
-   the process of combining these style sheets is called
-   &ldquo;cascading&rdquo;. If no value can be found through cascading, a
-   value can be inherited from the parent element or the property's initial
-   value is used.
+  <p>This CSS3 module describes how to find a value for every
+   element/property combination in a document. Values can come from style
+   sheets, or the property's initial value is used. By way of cascading and
+   inheritance, values are propagated to all element/property combinations.
+   The output of the computations described in this module is the <em><a
+   href="#specified">specified value</a></em>.
 
   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=status>Status of this document</h2>
 
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ <h2 id=dependencies><span class=secno>1. </span>Dependencies on other
     restrict style sheets to certain types of devices.
   </ul>
 
-  <p>It has non-normative (informative) references to the following other
-   CSS3 modules:
+  <p>It has non-normative references to the following other CSS3 modules:
 
   <ul>
    <li>Values and Units <a href="#CSS3VAL"
@@ -176,18 +175,22 @@ <h2 id=dependencies><span class=secno>1. </span>Dependencies on other
 
   <h2 id=introduction><span class=secno>2. </span>Introduction</h2>
 
-  <p>One of the fundamental design principles of CSS is to allow several
-   style sheets, possibly from different sources, to influence the rendering
-   of a document. This CSS3 module describes how to select one among several
-   conflicting declarations on a given element/property combination. The
-   mechanism used in the selection process is called "cascading". When no
-   declaration attempts to set the value of an element/property combination
-   the value will either be inherited from the parent element, or set to the
-   property's "initial value".
+  <p>One of the fundamental design principles of CSS is <em>cascading</em>,
+   which allows several style sheets to influence the presentation of a
+   document. When different declarations try to set a value for the same
+   element/property combination, the conflicts must somehow be resolved.
+
+  <p>The opposite problem arises when no declarations try to set a the value
+   for an element/property combination. In this case, a value must be found
+   by way of <em><a href="#inherited">inheritance</a></em> or by looking at
+   the <em><a href="#initial0">initial value</a></em>.
+
+  <p>The rules for finding a the value for any element/property combination
+   in a document is described in this specification.
 
   <h2 id=input><span class=secno>3. </span>Input and output of this module</h2>
 
-  <p>The input to the cascading and inheritance process is:
+  <p>The input to the computations described in this module is:
 
   <ul>
    <li>The set of declarations that apply to the element/property combination
@@ -200,8 +203,9 @@ <h2 id=input><span class=secno>3. </span>Input and output of this module</h2>
    <li>The initial value of the property.
   </ul>
 
-  <p>The output of the cascading and inheritance process is a single value,
-   known as the <dfn id=specified>specified value</dfn>.
+  <p>The output of the computations described in this module is a single
+   value for all element/property combinations. This value is called the <dfn
+   id=specified>specified value</dfn>.
 
   <p>The specified value is found by using the following pseudo-algorithm: