@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ <H3>1.4.2 <a name="property-defs">CSS property definitions</a></H3>
204204< h4 > 1.4.2.1 < a name ="value-defs "> Value</ a > </ h4 >
205205
206206< P > This part specifies the set of valid values for the property whose
207- name is < a href ="about.html#propdef-property-name " class ="noxref "> < span class ="propinst-property-name "> 'property-name'</ span > </ a > . Value
208- types may be designated in several ways:
207+ name is < a href ="about.html#propdef-property-name " class ="noxref "> < span class ="propinst-property-name "> 'property-name'</ span > </ a > . A property
208+ value can have one or more components. Component value types are designated
209+ in several ways:
209210
210211< ol >
211212< li > < a name ="syndata.html#keywords "> keyword</ a > values (e.g., auto,
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ <h4>1.4.2.1 <a name="value-defs">Value</a></h4>
240241literally, without quotes (e.g., red). The slash (/) and the comma (,)
241242must also appear literally.
242243
243- < P > Values may be arranged as follows:</ p >
244+ < P > Component values may be arranged into property values as follows:</ p >
244245
245246< ul >
246247< li > Several juxtaposed words mean that all of them must occur, in the
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ <h4>1.4.2.1 <a name="value-defs">Value</a></h4>
249250exactly one of them must occur.
250251< li > A double bar (||) separates
251252two or more options: one or more of them must occur, in any order.
252- < li > A double ampersand (&&) separates two or more values all of which
253+ < li > A double ampersand (&&) separates two or more components, all of which
253254must occur, in any order.
254255< li > Brackets ([ ]) are for grouping.
255256</ ul >
@@ -296,10 +297,10 @@ <h4>1.4.2.1 <a name="value-defs">Value</a></h4>
296297 < EM > Value:</ EM > inset? && [ <length>{2,4} && <color>? ]
297298</ BLOCKQUOTE >
298299
299- < p > Value types are specified in terms of tokens, as described in < a
300+ < p > Component values are specified in terms of tokens, as described in < a
300301href ="grammar.html#scanner "> Appendix G.2</ a > . As the grammar allows spaces
301302between tokens in the components of the < code > expr</ code > production,
302- spaces may appear between tokens in values.
303+ spaces may appear between tokens in property values.
303304
304305< p class =note > Note: In many cases, spaces will in fact be
305306< em > required</ em > between tokens in order to distinguish them from
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ <h4>1.4.2.2 <a name="initial-value">Initial</a></h4>
315316< P > This part specifies the property's initial value. Please consult
316317the section on < a href ="cascade.html "> the cascade</ a > for information
317318about the interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and
318- initial values.
319+ initial property values.
319320
320321
321322< h4 > 1.4.2.3 < a name ="applies-to "> Applies to</ a > </ h4 >
@@ -331,14 +332,14 @@ <h4>1.4.2.4 <a name="inherited-prop">Inherited</a></h4>
331332from an ancestor element. Please consult the section on < a
332333href ="cascade.html "> the cascade</ a > for information about the
333334interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and initial
334- values.
335+ property values.
335336
336337
337338< h4 > 1.4.2.5 < a name ="percentage-wrt "> Percentage values</ a > </ h4 >
338339
339340< p > This part indicates how percentages should be interpreted, if they occur in
340341the value of the property. If "N/A" appears here, it means that the
341- property does not accept percentages as values.
342+ property does not accept percentages in its values.
342343
343344< h4 > 1.4.2.6 < a name ="media-applies "> Media groups</ a > </ h4 >
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