CSS 2.1

On Tuesday, November 8, 2005, 7:36:36 PM, Ian wrote:

IH> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Chris Lilley wrote:
>> 
>> As you are aware, CSS 2.1 removes items that the XSL and SVG 
>> specifications depend on, on the grounds that the HTML+CSS 
>> implementations do not use them. This makes referring to CSS 2.1 
>> problematic, and the applicability of CSS 2.1 unclear.

IH> Just in the interests of accuracy, it should be noted that the
IH> grounds for removing the features was the lack of demonstrable
IH> high-quality interoperability and the lack of tests, not anything to
IH> do with HTML.


This should probably be discussed on www-style instead, but also in the
interests of accuracy, there is a lack of tests for a number of items
that are still in CSS 2.1, and interoperable implementations exist of
some removed features.


-- 
 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
 Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG

Received on Tuesday, 8 November 2005 18:43:04 UTC