Background
The CSS standard was initially developed for use with HTML (by the W3C in 1996), specifically for implementation within Web browsers, and was born out of growing pressure for more author control over the presentation of Web pages. At the time of writing, only version 1 is fully supported by the most popular HTML Web browsers. This version can be obtained from http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/REC-CSS1. An earlier chapter explores the XSL format, and demonstrates how powerful and flexible this language is. It is reasonable to ask why two stylesheet standards should exist, and why XSL users should even consider CSS. The answer is partly a simple issue of timing. At the time of writing, CSS exists and is supported by the popular Web browsers, ...
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