Many people are accustomed to style sheets in word-processing. W3C's style sheets offer extensive control over the presentation of Web pages. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language is widely implemented. It is playing an important role in styling not just HTML, but also many kinds of XML documents: XHTML, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and SMIL (the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), to name a few. It is also an important means of adapting pages to different devices, such as mobile phones or printers.
W3C is also developing the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL, see the XML Activity Statement). XSL applies a “style sheet” to transform one XML-based document into another. XSL and CSS can be combined.
W3C has a page on CSS resources, including browsers, authoring tools and tutorials.
The Color and Marquee modules reached last call, the Namespaces module and the Mobile Profile reached CR. The Backgrounds and Borders module, although still in WD, has seen a number of experimental implementations.
The CSS WG received a large number of tests for CSS level2. The popularity of CSS continues to grow, as does the traffic on the mailing list (see the graph).
The CSS WG, with the I18N and XSL WGs, participates in the Japanese layout task force
The rechartering of the CSS WG until end of 2010 is nearly finished. The charter includes that a number of stable drafts should become Recommendations. That includes CSS2.1, Backgrounds and Borders, Selectors, and more.
The WG is trying to be even more active in involving non-members. It recently started to publish summaries of meeting minutes and it made its issues lists publicly readable.
The activity lead, with help from two members of the WG, is redesigning the public Web pages, to try and make the information, both about CSS in general and about the WG's work, easier accessible.
| Group | Chair | Team Contact | Charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (participants) | Daniel Glazman, Peter Linss | Chris Lilley, Bert Bos | Chartered until 30 November 2010 |
The WG was called “CSS & FP WG” from 1997 to 2000.
This Activity Statement was prepared for the October 2008 W3C Advisory Committee Meeting (Members only) per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.
Bert Bos, Style Activity LeadModified: $Date: 2008/12/03 17:47:01 $