- From: Daniel Glazman <Daniel.Glazman@der.edfgdf.fr>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 05:18:28 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: sue@css.nu (Sue Sims)
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> > The suggestion: > > Consider allowing specification of the level of CSS *in* the external > CSS file, so that CSS lints could operate in much the same manner as > HTML validators which use the <!DOCTYPE...> to determine the HTML level > against which to validate. That would remove the onus of deciphering > error messages from the document author. Something like (as the first > entry in an external CSS file): > > /* url (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1) */ > > Then, it would just be a matter of convincing the lint authors to > recognize the reference, and structure their errors/warnings > accordingly. > > There might also be an author who wished to be made aware of *all* > potential errors/warnings, so... > > /* url (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1), http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/, > http://www.w3.org/PR/REC-CSS17/ */ Hmmm. Written like that, this is version identifyer, not a level identifyer. And CSS has no version numbers, only levels. THis not only a pseudo-semantic difference... See CSS2 spec for more details. Whatever, you'll do, this is too late for existin CSS level 1 browsers. </Daniel>
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