Re: ISSUE-2056 (Ref to CSS2.1): Consider referring to Instead of linking to CSS2.1 instead of CSS2 [Last Call: SVG 1.2 Tiny ]

On Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 11:04:45 PM, SVG wrote:


SWGIT> ISSUE-2056 (Ref to CSS2.1): Consider referring to Instead of
SWGIT> linking to CSS2.1 instead of CSS2 [Last Call: SVG 1.2 Tiny ]

SWGIT> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/track/issues/2056

SWGIT> Raised by: Doug Schepers
SWGIT> On product: Last Call: SVG 1.2 Tiny 

SWGIT> Mohamed ZERGAOUI
SWGIT> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2008Sep/0056.html>
SWGIT> [[
SWGIT> Instead of linking to CSS2 REC, you should link to CSS2.1 CR (which
SWGIT> hopefully by the time will become a REC)
SWGIT> ]]

CSS 2.1 has been in CR four or five times previously. Given the state of its test suite, I estimate that it may get to Rec in the next two years.

CSS 2.1 also removed some features that CSS2 had, so (as CSS 2.1 suggests) we need to link to CSS2 for those features.

The big backwards incompatibility between CSS 2.0 and 2.1 (specificity of the style attribute) does not affect Tiny.

I am fairly sure that Mohamed will accept this argument.


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 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
 Technical Director, Interaction Domain
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
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Received on Thursday, 18 September 2008 13:11:59 UTC