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<h1>Style Activity Statement</h1>

<p>Many people are accustomed to style sheets in word-processing. W3C's
<a href="./">style sheets</a> offer extensive control over the
presentation of Web pages. The <em>Cascading Style Sheets</em>
(<a href="CSS">CSS</a>) language is widely implemented. It is playing
an important role in styling not just HTML, but also many
kinds of XML documents: <a href="../MarkUp">XHTML</a>, <a href="../Graphics/SVG">SVG</a> (<em>Scalable Vector Graphics</em>) and
<a href="../AudioVideo/">SMIL</a> (the <em>Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language</em>), to name a few. It is also an important
means of adapting pages to different devices, such as mobile phones or
printers.</p>

<p>W3C is also developing the <em>Extensible Stylesheet Language</em>
(<a href="XSL/">XSL</a>, see the <a href="../XML/Activity">XML
Activity Statement</a>). XSL applies a “style sheet” to transform
one XML-based document into another. XSL and CSS can be <a href="CSS-vs-XSL">combined</a>.</p>

<p>W3C has a page on <a href="CSS/">CSS resources</a>, including
<a href="CSS/software#browsers">browsers</a>, <a href="CSS/software#editors">authoring
tools</a> and <a href="CSS/learning">tutorials.</a></p>

<h2>Highlights Since the Previous Advisory Committee Meeting</h2>

<p>The working group published four Recommendations (<a href="/TR/2011/REC-CSS2-20110607"><cite>Cascading Style Sheets
Level 2 Revision 1,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/REC-css3-selectors-20110929/"><cite>Selectors
Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/REC-css3-color-20110607"><cite>CSS Color Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/REC-css3-namespace-20110929/"><cite>CSS Namespaces
Module</cite></a>), two Notes (<a href="/TR/2011/NOTE-css-beijing-20110512/"><cite>Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) Snapshot 2007,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/NOTE-css-2010-20110512/"><cite>Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) Snapshot 2010</cite></a>), one Candidate Recommendation (<a href="/TR/2010/CR-css3-mediaqueries-20100727/"><cite>Media
Queries</cite></a>) and one or more drafts of several other CSS
modules (<a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-fonts-20111004/"><cite>CSS Fonts
Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css-device-adapt-20110915/"><cite>CSS Device
Adaptation,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-images-20110908/"><cite>CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module
Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-values-20110906/"><cite>CSS Values and Units Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-writing-modes-20110901/"><cite>CSS Writing
Modes Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-text-20110901/"><cite>CSS Text
Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-conditional-20110901/"><cite>CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-speech-20110818"><cite>CSS Speech
Module,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-cssom-view-20110804/"><cite>CSSOM View Module,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-cssom-20110712/"><cite>CSSOM,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-ruby-20110630/"><cite>CSS3 Ruby Module,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-regions-20110609/"><cite>CSS Regions
Module,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-lists-20110524"><cite>CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-selectors4-20110929/"><cite>Selectors
Level 4</cite></a>).</p>

<h2>Upcoming Activity Highlights</h2>

<p>The <abbr title="Working Group">WG</abbr> is working on test suites
for three of the specifications that are in <abbr title="Candidate Recommendation">CR</abbr> (<a href="/TR/2011/CR-css3-background-20110215"><cite>CSS Backgrounds
and Borders Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/CR-css3-multicol-20110412"><cite>CSS Multi-column
Layout Module</cite></a> and <a href="/TR/2010/CR-css3-mediaqueries-20100727/"><cite>Media
Queries</cite></a>) and on new drafts of several other modules, with a
particular focus on the needs of EPUB, a standard for electronic books
created by the <a href="http://www.idpf.org/">IDPF,</a> with which W3C
has a liason.</p>

<p>Apart from the already mentioned Multi-column module, that focus
particularly affects <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-writing-modes-20110901/"><cite>CSS Writing
Modes Module Level 3, </cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-text-20110901/"><cite>CSS Text
Level 3</cite></a> and <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-speech-20110818"><cite>CSS Speech Module,</cite></a> all of which are in advanced
state (the last one is already <abbr title="Last Call">LC</abbr>). But, it also implies work on the cluster of modules
about advanced layout (<a href="/TR/2010/WD-css3-layout-20100429"><cite>CSS Template Layout Module,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-grid-layout-20110407"><cite>Grid
Layout,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2007/WD-css3-grid-20070905"><cite>CSS Grid Positioning Module Level 3,</cite></a> <a href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-regions-20110609/"><cite>CSS Regions
Module</cite></a> and <cite>CSS Exclusions</cite> [unpublished]),
which still needs to be reduced down to just one or two much smaller
specifications.</p>

<h2>Summary of Activity Structure</h2>

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          (<a title="Participants in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group [Member-only link]" href="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=32061">participants</a>)</span></th><td>Daniel Glazman, Peter Linss</td><td>Bert Bos, Chris Lilley</td><td><a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/2008/css-charter.html">Chartered</a> until 30 September 2013</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p id="cssfp"><small>The WG was called “<abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets and Formatting Properties">CSS &amp;
FP</abbr> WG” from 1997 to 2000.</small></p>
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    This Activity Statement was prepared for
    <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/11/TPAC/">TPAC 2011</a> per <a href="/Consortium/Process/activities#Activities">section 5</a>
  of the <a href="/Consortium/Process/">W3C Process Document</a>.
  <a href="/2005/04/activity/processActivityStatements.xsl">Generated</a>
  from <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/04/mem-news/public-groups.rdf">group data</a>.
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<a href="mailto:bert@w3.org">Bert Bos</a>, Style Activity Lead
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