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Bug 15740 - The term "rule" is used sometimes to mean "declaration" and sometimes to mean "rule set" (Issue 277)
Summary: The term "rule" is used sometimes to mean "declaration" and sometimes to mean...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CSS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: CSS Level 2 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Windows 3.1
: P2 normal
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Assignee: Bert Bos
QA Contact: public-css-bugzilla
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Reported: 2012-01-27 15:04 UTC by Anton P
Modified: 2012-12-04 00:51 UTC (History)
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Description Anton P 2012-01-27 15:04:45 UTC 
Reported by Peter Moulder

This is Issue 277: http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css2.1#issue-277

The spec defines the term "rule" to be synonymous with "rule set" in 4.1.7 but then procedes to use it as an equivalent of "declaration" in various places.

We should replace all currences of "rule" with the appropriate one of "declaration" and "rule set".


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Bug description:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jan/0101.html



Issue 277: http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css2.1#issue-277

Summary
    usage of “rule” incorrect in many cases
URL
    http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jan/0101.html
Proposal
    Do a sweep of all usages of “rule” and determine if it should be “declaration”
Resolution
    Defer to errata (but do make this change).
Status
    Open. =errata= Deferred to Errata