- From: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:53:36 +0100
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Boris Zbarsky writes: > > Bert Bos wrote: > > Your e-mail: > > http://www.w3.org/mid/200309282304.h8SN40r2004872@nerd-xing.mit.edu > > > > Section 6.4.4 (Precedence of non-CSS presentational hints) "type" > > is not presentational in some cases, but presentational in others > > (on <ol>, <ul>, <li>, to be precise). > > > > CSS WG response: > > > > We don't consider TYPE on lists to be presentational the same way > > as COLOR or FONT are. > > Why not, exactly? If it's not presentational, why is there a CSS > property that has the same effect? Because the type attribute defines the authors intention (the meaning) and the property the actual appearance. It might be that type=a gets displayed as 'list-style: lower-greek' in a Greek document. But that is maybe unnecessarily subtle: so we accept your comment and added "(except on LI, OL and UL elements)" after "type" in the list in section 6.4.4. Bert -- Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/people/bos/ W3C/ERCIM bert@w3.org 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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