RFC 2318 (rfc2318) - Page 1 of 5
The text/css Media Type
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group H. Lie
Request for Comments: 2318 B. Bos
Category: Informational C. Lilley
W3C
March 1998
The text/css Media Type
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language for the World
Wide Web. CSS style sheets have been in use since October 1995 using
the Media Type text/css without registration; this memo seeks to
regularize that position.
1. Introduction
The World Wide Web Consortium has issued a Recommendation [1], which
defines Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. This memo provides
information about the text/css Media Type.
2. Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language for the World
Wide Web. It describes the presentation (e.g. fonts, colors and
spacing) of structured documents. CSS is human readable and writable,
and expresses style in common desktop publishing terminology.
CSS style sheets have been in use since October 1995 using the Media
Type text/css without registration; this memo seeks to regularize
that position.
A CSS style sheet can be either:
Lie, et. al. Informational