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CSS/Spec Review
This is a tracking page for a comprehensive PFWG review of CSS. Most of CSS active development is in Level 3, so that is what applies unless otherwise indicated. The CSS Working Group maintains a CSS Current Work page that lists most of the modules with status and priority. Additional modules were found in the CSS Editors' Drafts repository, but lack accurate information on status and priority. Some modules were listed in the current work page but no draft could be found. Links to drafts in the table below reference the editors' draft when one could be found, otherwise the TR draft.
The set of documents below is arranged in a suggested priority order, which combines document maturity, CSS priority, and a categorization of the nature of the document. Categories used, in priority order, are:
- flow: flow control of objects
- layout: overall layout control of page
- display: general display functions
- aural: auditory control
- text: direct control of text presentation
- effects: altering appearance of (usually graphical) objects
- generated: generated content
- syntax: lexical rules
- model: processing rules
- profile: subsets for particular uses
Reviews | Spec | Next Stage | CSS Priority | Category | Reviewers | Notes |
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Braille and Haptic | Braille and Haptic | display | Dónal Fitzpatrick, Michael Cooper (to collate prior input) | requested module from PF | ||
High Contrast and Large Print | High Contrast and Large Print | display | Stefan Schnabel | requested module from PF | ||
Paged Media | Paged Media | CR | medium | layout | Michael Cooper | |
Basic UI | Basic User Interface | PR | medium | display | Jon Gunderson, Cynthia Shelly, James Nurthen | Adds features relevant to many modules |
Fonts | Fonts | LC | medium | display | Michael Cooper, Wayne Dick? | |
Marquee | Marquee | PR | medium | display | Jon Gunderson | |
Color | Color | REC | complete | display | Although this is complete, PFWG had issues that may have never been addressed. Should review for future requirements. | |
Speech | Speech | CR | medium | aural | Andi Snow-Weaver | |
Aural | Aural Style Sheets | FPWD | low | aural | ||
Basic Box | Basic Box Model | WD | medium | flow | URI is same as extended box | |
Extended Box | Extended Box Model | FPWD | low | flow | URI is same as basic box | |
Line | Line Layout | WD | low | flow | Wayne Dick? | |
Tables | Tables | FPWD | low | flow | Assuming this is the editors document "CSS 3 Tables Algorithms" | |
Positioning | Positioning | FPWD | low | flow | ||
Multi-Column Layout | Multi-column Layout | PR | high | layout | Michael Cooper, Alex Qiang Chen | |
Template Layout | Template Layout | WD | medium | layout | Michael Cooper, James Nurthen, Alex Qiang Chen | |
Grid Positioning | Grid Positioning | WD | medium | layout | Michael Cooper, James Nurthen | |
Grid Layout | Grid Layout | WD | medium | layout | Michael Cooper, James Nurthen | |
Line Grid | Line Grid | FPWD | medium | layout? | Michael Cooper | |
Regions | Regions | WD | medium | layout | Michael Cooper | |
Flexible Box | Flexible Box Layout | WD | medium | layout | Michael Cooper, Cynthia Shelly | |
Text | Text | WD | medium | text | Wayne Dick? | |
Writing Modes | Writing Modes | WD | medium | text | ||
Ruby | Ruby | WD | medium | text | ||
2D Transformations | 2D Transformations | WD | medium | effects | ||
3D Transformations | 3D Transformations | WD | medium | effects | ||
Transitions | Transitions | WD | medium | effects | ||
Animations | Animations | WD | medium | effects | ||
Generated | Generated and Replaced Content | WD | low | generated | John Foliot, Michael Cooper? | |
Generated Content Paged | Generated Content for Paged Media | WD | medium | generated | John Foliot, Michael Cooper? | |
Lists | Lists | WD | low | display | ||
Hyperlink | Hyperlink Presentation | WD | low | display | Alex Qiang Chen | |
Presentation Levels | Presentation Levels | WD | low | display | ||
Color Correction | Color Correction | FPWD? | unknown | display | ||
Device Adaptation | Device Adaptation | FPWD? | unknown | display | ||
Backgrounds and Borders | Backgrounds and Borders | PR | high | display | Tim Boland | already sent feedback |
Backgrounds and Borders | Backgrounds and Borders Level 4 | FPWD? | unknown | display | Tim Boland, James Nurthen | |
Style Attribute | style Attribute Syntax | PR | medium | syntax | ||
Media Queries | Media Queries | PR | high | syntax | Stefan Schnabel | |
Values and Units | Values and Units | WD | medium | syntax | ||
Image Values | Image Values | WD | medium | syntax | Stefan Schnabel, James Nurthen | |
Syntax | Syntax | WD | low | syntax | ||
Behavioral Extensions | Behavioral Extensions to CSS | WD | low | syntax | ||
Cascading and Inheritance | Cascading and Inheritance | WD | medium | model | ||
CSSOM View | CSSOM View | WD | low | model | ||
CSSOM | Object Model | WD | low | model | ||
Print Profile | Print Profile | CR | medium | profile | ||
Mobile Profile | Mobile Profile 2.0 | PR | medium | profile | Peter Korn? | |
TV Profile | TV Profile 1.0 | PR | low | profile | Peter Korn? | |
Image Values | Image Values and Replaced Content Level 4 | FPWD? | unknown | syntax | Stefan Schnabel, James Nurthen | |
Selectors | Selectors Level 4 | FPWD? | unknown | syntax | ||
Conditional | Conditional Rules | FPWD? | unknown | syntax | ||
Selectors | Selectors Level 3 | REC | complete | syntax | ||
Namespaces | Namespaces | REC | high | syntax | ||
Reader | Reader Media Type | abandoned? | low | syntax | ||
Cascading | Cascading and Inheritance | WD? | unknown | model | ||
Introduction | Introduction | WD | low | |||
Scoping | Scoping | FPWD | medium | |||
Math | Math | FPWD | low | Dónal Fitzpatrick | ||
2010 | CSS Snapshot 2010 | REC | complete | |||
2007 | CSS Snapshot 2007 | REC | complete | |||
CSS 2 | CSS Level 2 Revision 1 | REC | complete | |||
CSS 1 | CSS Level 1 | REC | complete |