On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote
On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Richard Mason wrote:
Speaking of CSS specs I'm always surprised that the spec authors
don't get called out for the nonsense they put in them. A
specification should tell an author (a programmer) what is required.
It should not tell them how to do it or explain computer fundamentals,
The CSS specs don't assume that Author = Programmer
Author is commonly understood as 'someone who writes a stylesheet'
(I bet that most people following css-d as not programmers)
I bet they're not either, but the CSS specifications are actually
"Software Requirement Specifications" aimed at programmers rather than
'your' author the style sheet producer. The specifications are written
so that a programmer (software author) can write a browser that handles
a 'sheet' written in a particular format and to a given set of rules.
A programmer can produce a browser that handles a style sheet when they
have the formal specification, and don't need a User Manual (a book on
CSS). On the other hand people who do have a User Manual can produce
perfectly correct style sheets without ever reading the formal
specifications.
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Richard Mason
http://www.emdpi.com
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