- From: Olivier Thereaux via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:22:27 +0000
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Update of /sources/public/2002/css-validator In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv7902 Modified Files: about.html.en Log Message: as discussed with the CSS WG, adding a FAQ on which version validated by the tool, make way for future versions of validator checking against CSS cloud Index: about.html.en =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/2002/css-validator/about.html.en,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -d -r1.7 -r1.8 --- about.html.en 13 Nov 2007 06:31:36 -0000 1.7 +++ about.html.en 16 Jan 2008 13:22:25 -0000 1.8 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ <li><a href="#what">What is this? Do I need it?</a></li> <li><a href="#help">The explanation above is incomprehensible! Help!</a></li> <li><a href="#reference">So, this is the authority on what is correct CSS and what isn't?</a></li> +<li><a href="#validCSS">What does “Valid CSS” mean? Which version of CSS does this validator use?</a></li> <li><a href="#free">How much does it cost?</a></li> <li><a href="#who">Who wrote this tool? Who maintains it?</a></li> <li><a href="#contact">How do I contact the authors? Report a bug?</a></li> @@ -74,6 +75,23 @@ The actual reference on Cascading Style Sheets are the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/#specs">CSS Specifications</a>.</p> +<h4 id="validCSS">What does “Valid CSS” mean? Which version of CSS does this validator use?</h4> +<p>According to the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html#valid-style-sheet" +title="CSS 2.1 Specification – Conformance: requirements and recommendations">CSS 2.1 Specification</a>: +<q cite="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html">The validity of a style sheet depends on the level of +CSS used for the style sheet. […] valid CSS 2.1 style sheet must be written according to the grammar of CSS 2.1. +Furthermore, it must contain only at-rules, property names, and property values defined in this specification.</q></p> + +<p>By default, this validator checks style sheets against the grammar, properties and values defined in the +<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/" +title="Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification">CSS 2.1</a> specification, +but other CSS profiles can be checked against by using the options.</p> + +<p>CSS is an evolving language, and it is considered by many that “CSS” is a single grammar +(the one defined in the latest specification) with a number of properties and acceptable +values defined in various profiles.In a future version of this validator, the default behavior may be to check +style sheets against that latest “CSS grammar” and the cloud of all standardized CSS properties and values.</p> + <h4 id="free">How much does it cost?</h4> <p>Nothing. The service is free. The source is <a href="DOWNLOAD.html">open</a> and you are free to download it, use it, modify it, distribute it,
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