[meta] in speech, etc

[svgeesus]

CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc.

Given we just killed media spec-wide, and with CSS speech abandoned, and XML little used on the open Web, maybe we should be revising this sentence which gets auto-added to the abstract of every CSS spec?

[xfq]

with CSS speech abandoned

If so, should we add obsoletion notice to the ED and TR version of css-speech? I don't find one in them.

[svgeesus]

css-speech is marked as retired on /TR but yes, the actual spec has no indication that it is retired.

[nigelmegitt]

If you think speech should be omitted, then sure, remove "in speech" but I'd leave the rest of the sentence intact and present. It's describing the scope of intent for CSS, and it is correct in that sense.

PS @svgeesus please use data to back up claims such as "little used on the open Web". I don't know how much XHTML is on the web, but I'm certain that XML is very widely used.

[astearns]

I'm happy with removing ", in speech" but would like to keep the generic "structured documents" part. CSS isn't completely tied to the open web - it gets used in other places as well.

[svgeesus]

@astearns yes, fair enough. Intranets, offline use are certainly significant uses, although it isn't clear how much CSSWG prioritises those uses compared to open web usecases.