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class=870550023-08062006>As I reported a couple of months ago, XHTML-Print has
been halted at PR because of its normative dependency on CSS Print (and, in
turn, on CSS 2.1).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2><SPAN
class=870550023-08062006>As it has become apparent that it will take at least a
year and probably two for CSS 2.1 to become a PR and thereby enable the
completion of CSS Print, the HTML WG believes the best path forward is
to remove the normative requirement for CSS Print support from XHTML-Print,
which I believe will enable it to move to PER (Proposed Edited Recommendation)
and then shortly on to REC. Leaving the document at PR for this length of
time is not an acceptable option. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2><SPAN
class=870550023-08062006>HP supports this change. We can consider
'rolling' XHTML-Print to include the coupling after the completion of CSS Print
if needed. In truth, if there were market justification for content
without styling, there is no technical reason why XHTML-Print needs to require
styling support.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2><SPAN
class=870550023-08062006>CSS Print can still be required in conjunction with
XHTML-Print; but the requirement must be separately stated, as the XHTML-Print
spec itself will no longer mandate styling support. (It will instead say
something fuzzy like, "XHTML-Print is expected to be used in conjunction with
CSS styling.") The UPnP PrintEnhanced spec is an example of a protocol
which states both requirements individually, so this is really nothing we
haven't done before.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2><SPAN
class=870550023-08062006>If I hear no objections to this change within the next
ten days, I will assume it is acceptable to you. If you have objections,
please copy them to the <A
href="mailto:w3c-html-wg@w3.org">w3c-html-wg@w3.org</A>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2><SPAN
class=870550023-08062006>Best wishes,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#008000 size=2><SPAN
class=870550023-08062006>Melinda</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><BR>
_____ <BR><BR>HP - Melinda Grant<BR>Connectivity
Standards <BR>Consumer Printing and Imaging<BR>+1 (541)
582-3681<BR>melinda.grant@hp.com <BR>
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