13711 2011-08-09 07:24:32 +0000 Alternative style sheet handling undefined 2013-08-08 13:26:29 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified CSS CSSOM unspecified Other All NEW http://www.w3.org/mid/201108082058.36152.bert@w3.org P3 normal --- 1 mike+html-wg-mailbot zcorpan annevk eoconnor ian julian.reschke kennyluck mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking www-dom public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 54440 0 mike+html-wg-mailbot 2011-08-09 07:24:32 +0000 public-html-comments posting from: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/mid/201108082058.36152.bert@w3.org 54446 1 mike 2011-08-09 07:28:30 +0000 [[ A personal comment on http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD- html5-20110525/links.html#link-type-stylesheet HTML5 says that alternative style sheets are defined in CSSOM. There are two issues here. One is a question of timing: there is actually no version of CSSOM yet, not even a WD, that defines alternative style sheets. The other is a question of spec organization: why in CSSOM? It has nothing to do with the DOM and is independent of CSS. And why should an implementer need to learn to read the special language of the CSSOM spec just to implement alternative style sheets? (The latest CSSOM draft, http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-cssom-20110712/ , does define the terms "persistent style sheet" and "preferred style sheet," but only for CSS style sheets and only with respect to the DOM. It doesn't say how such style sheets influence the rendering; a note under the "disabled" flag suggests that that is defined elsewhere.) ]]