- From: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 18:13:21 -0700
- To: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>, www-svg@w3.org
- CC: Rainer Prosi <rprosi@hdpp.de>
Chris Lilley wrote: > > > Recall that style can be specified on parent elements, in a style > element, or in an external style sheet, and will cascade in accordance > with the normal CSS rules. This is much easier to accomplish when using > the normal DOM 2 CSS Object Model, with a single style attribute which > is just one part of the complete cascade. I do not know why you say this. I asked in a thread months ago but did not hear from anything from you. You keep accusing me of re-starting this debate but then we always get to the point where you almost understand what I am proposing and then quit. CSS's inheritance and cascade rules are part of its *semantics*, not its *syntax*. In fact, one wouldn't know anything about inheritance from the BNF *at all*. Inheritance works perfectly well in languages that map properties to attributes. xml:lang is an example (even if its *semantics* are not implemented in the DOM or some other particular API). NOTE-XSL-and-CSS also depends upon semantic inheritance with properties as attributes. I don't see any connection at all. -- Paul Prescod - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge. - Grace Hopper
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