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<h1>Selectors Serialization Format for Testing (<abbr>SSFT</abbr>)
Specification</h1>
<h2>Working Draft <time datetime=2007-10-01>1 October 2007</time></h2>

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<div id="abstract" class="section">
<h2>Abstract</h2>

<div class="ed issue">...</div>

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<div id="status" class="section">
<h2>Status of This Document</h2>

<p class=section-info><em>This section describes the status of this document
at the time of its publication.  Other documents
might supersede this document.</em></p>

<p>This document is a working draft, produced as part
of the <a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/manakai-core/doc/web/">manakai</a> 
project.  It might be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by
other documents at any time.  It is inappropriate to
cite this document as other than <q>work in progress</q>.</p>

<p>Comments on this document are welcome and
may be sent to the <a href="#author">author</a>.</p>

<p>Translations of thie document might be available.
The English version of the document is the only
normative version.</p>
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<div id="introduction" class="section">
<h2>Introduction</h2>

<p class=section-info>This section is <em>non-normative</em>.</p>

<p>Selectors 
<cite class="bibref normative">[<a href="#ref-SELECTORS">SELECTORS</a>]</cite>
are patterns that match against elements
in a tree structure and are used in Web technologies, including 
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21"><abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr></a>
<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-CSS">CSS</a>]</cite>,
<a href="http://whatwg.org/html5"><abbr title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr>5</a>
<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-HTML5">HTML5</a>]</cite>,
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xbl/xbl2.html"><abbr title="XML Binding Language">XBL</abbr>2</a>
<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-XBL2">XBL2</a>]</cite>, and 
<a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html?rev=1.28&amp;content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8">Selectors
<abbr>API</abbr></a>
<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-SAPI">SAPI</a>]</cite>.</p>

<div class="issue ed">...</div>

<p><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/csswg/cssom/Overview.html">The 
<abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets Object Model">CSSOM</abbr> 
specification</a> 
<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-CSSOM">CSSOM</a>]</cite> 
is trying to define an algorithm to
<a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/csswg/cssom/Overview.html?rev=1.55&amp;content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8#serializing0">serialize
a group of selectors</a> for the purpose of <code>selectorText</code>
attribute.  However, the algorithm is incomplete
<time datetime=2007-09-25>at the time of the writing</time>.  
Note that current Web browser implementations
of the <code>selectorText</code> attribute are consistently broken
in not escaping unsafe identifiers.</p>

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<div class="section" id="terminology">
<h2>Terminology</h2>

<p>The key words <q><em class="rfc2119">MUST</em></q>,
<q><em class="rfc2119">MUST NOT</em></q>,
<q><em class="rfc2119">SHOULD</em></q>,
<q><em class="rfc2119">SHOULD NOT</em></q>, and
<q><em class=rfc2119>MAY</em></q> in this
document are to be interpreted as described in 
<a href="urn:ietf:rfc:2119"><abbr title="Request for Comments">RFC</abbr> 
2119</a>
<cite class="bibref normative">[<a href="#ref-KEYWORDS">KEYWORDS</a>]</cite>.</p>

<!-- Strictly speaking the paragraph below is not part of terminology. -->
<p>All examples and notes in this specification are non-normative,
as are all sections explicitly marked non-normative.  Everything
else in this specification is normative.</p>
</div>

<div class="section" id="serializing">
<h2>Serializing Groups of Selectors</h2>

<div class="issue ed">
<p><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/cvs/*checkout*/markup/html/whatpm/Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsSerializer.pm">See the reference implementation</a>
for now.</p>
</div>

<p><dfn id=newline>Newline</dfn> is <code class=char>U+000A</code>
<code class=charname>LINE FEED</code> <span class=ed>or
U+000D U+000A or U+000A ??</span>.</p>

<!-- TODO: link terms to Selectors -->

<ol>
<li>Let <var>result</var> an empty string.</li>
<li>For each selector (<var>selector</var>) in the group of selectors:
  <ol>
  <li>If <var>selector</var> is <em>not</em> the first selector
  in the group of selectors, then append a <code class=char>U+002C</code>
  <code class=charname>COMMA</code> followed by a
  <a href="#newline">newline</a> to <var>result</var>.</li>
  <li>Append four <code class=char>U+0020</code>
  <code class=charname>SPACE</code> characters to <var>result</var>.</li>
  <li>Process each sequence of simple selectors or
  combinator in <var>selector</var> by following algorithm:
    <dl class=switch>
    <dt>If it is a sequence of simle selector (<var>sss</var>)</dt>
      <dd class=ed>@@</dd>
    <dt>If it is a combinator (<var>c</var>)</dt>
      <dd>
        <ol>
        <li>Append two <code class=char>U+0020</code>
        <code class=charname>SPACE</code> characters to <var>result</var>.</li>
        <li>
          <dl class=switch>
          <dt>If <var>c</var> is descendant combinator (white space)</dt>
            <dd>Append a <code class=char>U+0020</code>
            <code class=charname>SPACE</code> character to
            <var>result</var>.</dd>
          <dt>If <var>c</var> is child combinator
          (<code class=char>></code>)</dt>
            <dd>Append a <code class=char>U+003E</code>
            <code class=charname>GREATER-THAN SIGN</code> character to
            <var>result</var>.</dd>
          <dt>If <var>c</var> is adjacent sibling combinator
          (<code class=char>+</code>)</dt>
            <dd>Append a <code class=char>U+002B</code>
            <code class=charname>PLUS SIGN</code> character to
            <var>result</var>.</dd>
          <dt>If <var>c</var> is general sibling combinator
          (<code class=char>~</code>)</dt>
            <dd>Append a <code class=char>U+007E</code>
            <code class=charname>TILDE</code> character to
            <var>result</var>.</dd>
          </dl>
        </li>
        <li>Append a <code class=char>U+0020</code>
        <code class=charname>SPACE</code> character to
        <var>result</var>.</li>
        </ol>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </ol>
</li>
<li>Then, <var>result</var> is the 
<abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
representation of the group of selectors.</li>
</ol>

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<div class="section" id="parsing">
<h2>Parsing 
<abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
Groups of Selectors</h2>

<p>Since <a href="#serializing">the serializing algorithm</a> is 
so designed that it always output a valid 
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#grouping">group of
selectors</a>, no special parser for
<abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
is necessary.  Any conforming 
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#grouping">group of
selectors</a> parser <em class=rfc2119>MAY</em> be used
to parse <abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr> 
groups of selectors.</p>
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<div class="section" id="examples">
<h2>Examples</h2>

<p class=section-info>This section is <em>non-normative</em>.</p>

<div class="ed issue">
<p><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2007/css/parser-interface">Try demo</a>,
by choosing <q>Selectors</q> radio button.</a></p>

<div class="example figure block">
<div class="caption">...</div>

<pre><code>...</code></pre>
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<div id="references" class="section reference">
<h2>References</h1>

<div id="normative-references" class="section normative reference">
<h3>Normative References</h3>

<dl>
<dt id="ref-KEYWORDS">KEYWORDS</dt>
  <dd><cite><a href="urn:ietf:rfc:2119">Key words for use in 
  <abbr>RFCs</abbr> to Indicate Requirement Levels</a></cite>,
  <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force">IETF</abbr> 
  <a href="urn:ietf:bcp:14"><abbr title="Best Current Practice">BCP</abbr> 
  14</a>, <abbr title="Request for Comments">RFC</abbr> 2119, 
  <time datetime=1997-03>March 1997</time>.
  This version of the specification is referenced</dd>
<dt id=ref-SELECTORS>SELECTORS</dt>
  <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-css3-selectors-20051215"><cite>Selectors</cite></a>,
  <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Working Draft,
  <time datetime=2005-12-15>15 December 2005</time>.  Work in progress.  
  <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors">The latest version</a>
  of the specification is referenced.</dd>
</dl>
</div>

<div id="informative-references" class="section informative reference">
<h3>Non-normative References</h3>

<dl>
<dt id=ref-CSS>CSS</dt>
  <dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-CSS21-20070719">Cascading
  Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (<abbr>CSS</abbr> 2.1)
  Specification</a></cite>, 
  <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Candidate
  Recommendation, <time datetime=2007-07-19>19 July 2007</time>.
  Work in progress.  The latest version of the specification is
  available at 
  <code class=URI>&lt;<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21">http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21</a>></code>.</dd>
<dt id=ref-CSSOM>CSSOM</dt>
  <dd><cite><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/csswg/cssom/Overview.html?rev=1.55&amp;content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8">Cascading
  Style Sheets Object Model (<abbr>CSSOM</abbr>)</a></cite>,
  <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Editor's Draft,
  <time datetime=2007-06-18>18 June 2007</time>.  Work in progress.
  The latest Editor's Draft of the specification is available at
  <code class=URI>&lt;<a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/Overview.html">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/Overview.html</a>></code>.</dd>
<dt id=ref-HTML5>HTML5</dt>
  <dd><cite><a href="http://whatwg.org/html5"><abbr>HTML</abbr> 5</a></cite>,
  <abbr title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group">WHATWG</abbr>
  Working Draft.  Work in progress.</dd>
<dt id=ref-SAPI>SAPI</dt>
  <dd><cite><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html?rev=1.28&amp;content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8">Selectors <abbr>API</abbr></a></cite>,
  <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Editor's Draft,
  <time datetime=2007-08-29>29 August 2007</time>.  Work in progress.
  The latest Editor's Draft of the specification is available at
  <code class=URI>&lt;<a href="http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html">http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html</a>></code>.
  The latest published version of the specification is available at
  <code class=URI>&lt;<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/">http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/</a>></code>.</dd>
<dt id=XBL2>XBL2</dt>
  <dd><cite><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xbl/xbl2.html"><abbr>XBL</abbr>
  2.0</a></cite>, Mozilla.org, <time datetime=2007-03-15>15 Mar 2007</time>.
  Work in progress.  The latest
  <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>$B!>(Bpublished
  version of the specification is available at
  <code class=URI>&lt;<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xbl/">http://www.w3.org/TR/xbl/</a>></code>.</dd>
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11	wakaba	1.2	<h1>Selectors Serialization Format for Testing (<abbr>SSFT</abbr>)
12			Specification</h1>
13	wakaba	1.5	<h2>Working Draft <time datetime=2007-10-01>1 October 2007</time></h2>
14	wakaba	1.1
15			<dl class="versions-uri">
16			<dt>This Version</dt>
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30			<dt>Author</dt>
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32			lang=ja>Wakaba</a>
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37	wakaba	1.5	<p class="copyright" lang="en">© <time>2007</time> <a
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51
52			<div id="abstract" class="section">
53			<h2>Abstract</h2>
54
55			<div class="ed issue">...</div>
56
57			</div>
58
59			<div id="status" class="section">
60			<h2>Status of This Document</h2>
61
62	wakaba	1.5	<p class=section-info><em>This section describes the status of this document
63	wakaba	1.1	at the time of its publication. Other documents
64			might supersede this document.</em></p>
65
66	wakaba	1.5	<p>This document is a working draft, produced as part
67			of the <a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/manakai-core/doc/web/">manakai</a>
68			project. It might be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by
69	wakaba	1.1	other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to
70			cite this document as other than <q>work in progress</q>.</p>
71
72			<p>Comments on this document are welcome and
73			may be sent to the <a href="#author">author</a>.</p>
74
75			<p>Translations of thie document might be available.
76			The English version of the document is the only
77			normative version.</p>
78			</div>
79
80			<div id="introduction" class="section">
81			<h2>Introduction</h2>
82
83	wakaba	1.5	<p class=section-info>This section is <em>non-normative</em>.</p>
84
85			<p>Selectors
86			<cite class="bibref normative">[<a href="#ref-SELECTORS">SELECTORS</a>]</cite>
87			are patterns that match against elements
88			in a tree structure and are used in Web technologies, including
89			<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21"><abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr></a>
90			<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-CSS">CSS</a>]</cite>,
91			<a href="http://whatwg.org/html5"><abbr title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr>5</a>
92			<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-HTML5">HTML5</a>]</cite>,
93			<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xbl/xbl2.html"><abbr title="XML Binding Language">XBL</abbr>2</a>
94			<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-XBL2">XBL2</a>]</cite>, and
95			<a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html?rev=1.28&content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8">Selectors
96			<abbr>API</abbr></a>
97			<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-SAPI">SAPI</a>]</cite>.</p>
98	wakaba	1.4
99	wakaba	1.1	<div class="issue ed">...</div>
100
101	wakaba	1.4	<p><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/csswg/cssom/Overview.html">The
102			<abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets Object Model">CSSOM</abbr>
103			specification</a>
104	wakaba	1.5	<cite class="bibref informative">[<a href="#ref-CSSOM">CSSOM</a>]</cite>
105	wakaba	1.4	is trying to define an algorithm to
106			<a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/csswg/cssom/Overview.html?rev=1.55&content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8#serializing0">serialize
107			a group of selectors</a> for the purpose of <code>selectorText</code>
108			attribute. However, the algorithm is incomplete
109	wakaba	1.5	<time datetime=2007-09-25>at the time of the writing</time>.
110			Note that current Web browser implementations
111	wakaba	1.4	of the <code>selectorText</code> attribute are consistently broken
112			in not escaping unsafe identifiers.</p>
113
114	wakaba	1.1	</div>
115
116			<div class="section" id="terminology">
117			<h2>Terminology</h2>
118
119			<p>The key words <q><em class="rfc2119">MUST</em></q>,
120			<q><em class="rfc2119">MUST NOT</em></q>,
121			<q><em class="rfc2119">SHOULD</em></q>,
122			<q><em class="rfc2119">SHOULD NOT</em></q>, and
123			<q><em class=rfc2119>MAY</em></q> in this
124			document are to be interpreted as described in
125	wakaba	1.5	<a href="urn:ietf:rfc:2119"><abbr title="Request for Comments">RFC</abbr>
126			2119</a>
127	wakaba	1.1	<cite class="bibref normative">[<a href="#ref-KEYWORDS">KEYWORDS</a>]</cite>.</p>
128	wakaba	1.5
129			<!-- Strictly speaking the paragraph below is not part of terminology. -->
130			<p>All examples and notes in this specification are non-normative,
131			as are all sections explicitly marked non-normative. Everything
132			else in this specification is normative.</p>
133	wakaba	1.1	</div>
134
135			<div class="section" id="serializing">
136			<h2>Serializing Groups of Selectors</h2>
137
138			<div class="issue ed">
139			<p><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/cvs/checkout/markup/html/whatpm/Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsSerializer.pm">See the reference implementation</a>
140			for now.</p>
141			</div>
142	wakaba	1.3
143			<p><dfn id=newline>Newline</dfn> is <code class=char>U+000A</code>
144			<code class=charname>LINE FEED</code> <span class=ed>or
145			U+000D U+000A or U+000A ??</span>.</p>
146
147	wakaba	1.4	<!-- TODO: link terms to Selectors -->
148
149	wakaba	1.3	<ol>
150			<li>Let <var>result</var> an empty string.</li>
151			<li>For each selector (<var>selector</var>) in the group of selectors:
152			<ol>
153			<li>If <var>selector</var> is <em>not</em> the first selector
154			in the group of selectors, then append a <code class=char>U+002C</code>
155			<code class=charname>COMMA</code> followed by a
156			<a href="#newline">newline</a> to <var>result</var>.</li>
157			<li>Append four <code class=char>U+0020</code>
158			<code class=charname>SPACE</code> characters to <var>result</var>.</li>
159			<li>Process each sequence of simple selectors or
160			combinator in <var>selector</var> by following algorithm:
161			<dl class=switch>
162			<dt>If it is a sequence of simle selector (<var>sss</var>)</dt>
163			<dd class=ed>@@</dd>
164			<dt>If it is a combinator (<var>c</var>)</dt>
165			<dd>
166			<ol>
167			<li>Append two <code class=char>U+0020</code>
168			<code class=charname>SPACE</code> characters to <var>result</var>.</li>
169			<li>
170			<dl class=switch>
171			<dt>If <var>c</var> is descendant combinator (white space)</dt>
172			<dd>Append a <code class=char>U+0020</code>
173			<code class=charname>SPACE</code> character to
174			<var>result</var>.</dd>
175			<dt>If <var>c</var> is child combinator
176			(<code class=char>></code>)</dt>
177			<dd>Append a <code class=char>U+003E</code>
178			<code class=charname>GREATER-THAN SIGN</code> character to
179			<var>result</var>.</dd>
180			<dt>If <var>c</var> is adjacent sibling combinator
181			(<code class=char>+</code>)</dt>
182	wakaba	1.5	<dd>Append a <code class=char>U+002B</code>
183			<code class=charname>PLUS SIGN</code> character to
184	wakaba	1.3	<var>result</var>.</dd>
185			<dt>If <var>c</var> is general sibling combinator
186			(<code class=char>~</code>)</dt>
187			<dd>Append a <code class=char>U+007E</code>
188			<code class=charname>TILDE</code> character to
189			<var>result</var>.</dd>
190			</dl>
191			</li>
192			<li>Append a <code class=char>U+0020</code>
193			<code class=charname>SPACE</code> character to
194			<var>result</var>.</li>
195			</ol>
196			</dd>
197			</dl>
198			</ol>
199			</li>
200			<li>Then, <var>result</var> is the
201			<abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
202			representation of the group of selectors.</li>
203			</ol>
204	wakaba	1.1
205			</div>
206
207			<div class="section" id="parsing">
208			<h2>Parsing
209			<abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
210			Groups of Selectors</h2>
211
212			<p>Since <a href="#serializing">the serializing algorithm</a> is
213			so designed that it always output a valid
214			<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#grouping">group of
215	wakaba	1.4	selectors</a>, no special parser for
216			<abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
217	wakaba	1.1	is necessary. Any conforming
218			<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#grouping">group of
219			selectors</a> parser <em class=rfc2119>MAY</em> be used
220			to parse <abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SFFT</abbr>
221			groups of selectors.</p>
222			</div>
223
224			<div class="section" id="examples">
225			<h2>Examples</h2>
226
227	wakaba	1.5	<p class=section-info>This section is <em>non-normative</em>.</p>
228	wakaba	1.1
229			<div class="ed issue">
230			<p><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2007/css/parser-interface">Try demo</a>,
231			by choosing <q>Selectors</q> radio button.</a></p>
232
233			<div class="example figure block">
234			<div class="caption">...</div>
235
236			<pre><code>...</code></pre>
237			</div>
238
239			</div>
240
241			</div>
242
243			<div id="references" class="section reference">
244			<h2>References</h1>
245
246			<div id="normative-references" class="section normative reference">
247			<h3>Normative References</h3>
248
249			<dl>
250			<dt id="ref-KEYWORDS">KEYWORDS</dt>
251	wakaba	1.4	<dd><cite><a href="urn:ietf:rfc:2119">Key words for use in
252			<abbr>RFCs</abbr> to Indicate Requirement Levels</a></cite>,
253			<abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force">IETF</abbr>
254			<a href="urn:ietf:bcp:14"><abbr title="Best Current Practice">BCP</abbr>
255	wakaba	1.5	14</a>, <abbr title="Request for Comments">RFC</abbr> 2119,
256			<time datetime=1997-03>March 1997</time>.
257	wakaba	1.4	This version of the specification is referenced</dd>
258	wakaba	1.1	<dt id=ref-SELECTORS>SELECTORS</dt>
259	wakaba	1.2	<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-css3-selectors-20051215"><cite>Selectors</cite></a>,
260			<abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Working Draft,
261	wakaba	1.5	<time datetime=2005-12-15>15 December 2005</time>. Work in progress.
262	wakaba	1.2	<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors">The latest version</a>
263			of the specification is referenced.</dd>
264	wakaba	1.1	</dl>
265			</div>
266
267			<div id="informative-references" class="section informative reference">
268	wakaba	1.5	<h3>Non-normative References</h3>
269	wakaba	1.1
270			<dl>
271	wakaba	1.5	<dt id=ref-CSS>CSS</dt>
272			<dd><cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-CSS21-20070719">Cascading
273			Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (<abbr>CSS</abbr> 2.1)
274			Specification</a></cite>,
275			<abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Candidate
276			Recommendation, <time datetime=2007-07-19>19 July 2007</time>.
277			Work in progress. The latest version of the specification is
278			available at
279			<code class=URI><<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21">http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21</a>></code>.</dd>
280	wakaba	1.4	<dt id=ref-CSSOM>CSSOM</dt>
281			<dd><cite><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/csswg/cssom/Overview.html?rev=1.55&content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8">Cascading
282			Style Sheets Object Model (<abbr>CSSOM</abbr>)</a></cite>,
283			<abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Editor's Draft,
284	wakaba	1.5	<time datetime=2007-06-18>18 June 2007</time>. Work in progress.
285			The latest Editor's Draft of the specification is available at
286			<code class=URI><<a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/Overview.html">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/Overview.html</a>></code>.</dd>
287			<dt id=ref-HTML5>HTML5</dt>
288			<dd><cite><a href="http://whatwg.org/html5"><abbr>HTML</abbr> 5</a></cite>,
289			<abbr title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group">WHATWG</abbr>
290			Working Draft. Work in progress.</dd>
291			<dt id=ref-SAPI>SAPI</dt>
292			<dd><cite><a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html?rev=1.28&content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8">Selectors <abbr>API</abbr></a></cite>,
293			<abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Editor's Draft,
294			<time datetime=2007-08-29>29 August 2007</time>. Work in progress.
295			The latest Editor's Draft of the specification is available at
296			<code class=URI><<a href="http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html">http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/selectors-api/Overview.html</a>></code>.
297			The latest published version of the specification is available at
298			<code class=URI><<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/">http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/</a>></code>.</dd>
299			<dt id=XBL2>XBL2</dt>
300			<dd><cite><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xbl/xbl2.html"><abbr>XBL</abbr>
301			2.0</a></cite>, Mozilla.org, <time datetime=2007-03-15>15 Mar 2007</time>.
302			Work in progress. The latest
303			<abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>$B!>(Bpublished
304			version of the specification is available at
305			<code class=URI><<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xbl/">http://www.w3.org/TR/xbl/</a>></code>.</dd>
306	wakaba	1.1	</dl>
307			</div>
308
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