- From: Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:19:51 -0700
- To: www-style@w3.org
Jukka K. Korpela wrote to <mailto:www-style@w3.org> on 11 September 2004 in 'Re: [css21] 5.12.2 The :first-letter pseudo-element (the Dutch "ij")' <mid:Pine.GSO.4.58.0409120100510.28965@korppi.cs.tut.fi>: > Technically, CSS 2.1 is still a draft, not a specification. No and no. CSS 2.1 had, at the time of Jukka's message, passed the stage labeled "Working Draft" and entered into the stage labeled "Candidate Recommendation". Aside from that, maturity level is orthogonal to being a specification. Messages distributed through this list can be specifications (and several such messages exist). Notes scrawled on a napkin can be specifications. The nature of being a specification is to specify something. Clarity, formality, acceptance, and implementation are all great, but none are necessary to make something a specification. -- Etan Wexler.
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