W3C CSS2 Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 - instructional media + ...

Section 2: An introduction to CSS2
The introduction includes a brief tutorial on CSS2 and a discussion of design
principles behind CSS2.
Sections 3 - 20: CSS2 reference manual.
The bulk of the reference manual consists of the CSS2 language reference.
This reference defines what may go into a CSS2 style sheet (syntax, properties,
property values) and how user agents must interpret these style sheets
in order to claim conformance [p. 32] .
Appendixes:
Appendixes contain information about a sample style sheet for HTML 4.0
[p. 291] , changes from CSS1 [p. 293] , implementation and performance
notes [p. 295] , the grammar of CSS2 [p. 309] , a list of normative and informative
references [p. 313] , and three indexes: one for properties [p. 317] ,
one for descriptors [p. 323] , and one general index [p. 325] .
1.3 Conventions
1.3.1 Document language elements and attributes
CSS property, descriptor, and pseudo-class names are delimited by single
quotes.
CSS values are delimited by single quotes.
Document language element names are in uppercase letters.
Document language attribute names are in lowercase letters and delimited
by double quotes.
1.3.2 CSS property definitions
Each CSS property definition begins with a summary of key information that
resembles the following:
’property-name’
Value
Value: legal values & syntax
Initial: initial value
Applies to: elements this property applies to
Inherited: whether the property is inherited
Percentages: how percentage values are interpreted
Media: which media groups the property applies to
This part specifies the set of valid values for the property. Value types may be
designated in several ways:
1. keyword values (e.g., auto, disc, etc.)
2. basic data types, which appear between "" (e.g., ,
, etc.). In the electronic version of the document, each instance
of a basic data type links to its definition.
3. types that have the same range of values as a property bearing the same
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