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The '''CSS Working Group'''  (Cascading Style Sheets Working Group) is a [[Working group|working group]] created by the [[Organization:World Wide Web Consortium|World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C) in 1997, to tackle issues that had not been addressed with CSS level 1. As of December 2019, the CSSWG had 142 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members#members|title=CSS WG members|website=w3.org|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>

The working group is co-chaired by Rossen Atanassov and Alan Stearns.

==History==
In early 1996 Håkon Wium Lie cooperated with Bert Bos, who was already developing a new browser language called SPP, to produce the first version of the CSS standard (CSS1). They presented their achievements twice, in 1994 and in 1996 at the "Mosaic and the Web" conferences in Chicago. The W3C was being established at that time and Lie's and Bos's work caught their attention.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
* CSS level 1 finally emerged as a W3C Recommendation in December 1996.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/Style/LieBos2e/history/|title=Cascading Style Sheets, designing for the Web – Chapter 20 : The CSS saga|website=w3.org|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>
* The same group working on CSS was also developing HTML and DOM. This group, the HTML Editorial Review Board, in 1997 was divided according to the three different programs.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
* Chris Lilley managed the CSS Working Group, established in the W3C in February 1997, to deal with issues uncovered by the early implementation and adoption of CSS 1.<ref name="history"/>
* The CSS 1 test suite was created by Eric A. Meyer, Håkon Wium Lie and Tim Boland along with other contributors, finishing in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/CSS1/current/tsack.html|title=CSS1 Test Suite: Acknowledgments|website=w3.org|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>
* In late 1998 the first version of CSS 2 was released. In 1999 a revision (CSS 2.1) was released.<ref name="history"/>
* By 1999 there are 15 members working in "Cascading Style Sheets and Formatting Properties Working Group."<ref name="history"/>
* In 1999 work on CSS 3 started, but until 2006 it faced serious limitations.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
* In 2005 the CSS Working Group decided that already published standards (CSS 2.1, CSS3 text etc.) should be re-examined and updated.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

==Benefits for members==
CSS working group members belong to the broader organization W3C. This membership offers to them four important benefits; interaction, strategy, participation and leadership. The first characteristic provided, can be explained more as an opportunity to meet and work with “leading companies, organizations, and individuals” specialized in web technologies. “W3C Activity proposals” are strategically examined and operated by the members, giving them the ability to work methodically. Participating in the CSS working group allows members to change/shape technologies influencing businesses as well as consumers. Finally, CSS members are adopting a significant role into the W3C project of developing the Web standards, which requires leadership skills and dedication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/membership-benefits.html|title=Membership Benefits - W3C|website=w3.org|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>

==Members==
Members of the CSS Working Group include representatives from the following organizations:

* Adobe Systems Inc.
* Apple
* [[Company:Google|Google]], Inc.
* [[Company:Hewlett-Packard|HP]]
* [[Company:Microsoft|Microsoft]]
* Mozilla
* Opera Software

W3C has also invited a few experts to collaborate with the working group:
* Rachel Andrew
* Elika Etemad
* Koji Ishii
* Dael Jackson
* Molly Holzschlag
* Brad Kemper
* Jirka Kosek
* Anton Prowse
* Florian Rivoal
* Lea Verou

There are a few W3C staff members also participating in the group:
* Bert Bos
* Richard Ishida
* Philippe Le Hégaret
* Chris Lilley
* Liam Quin
* Doug Schepers

==Editors==
Active editors of CSS Specifications include the following:
* Rossen Atanassov
* Tab Atkins Jr.
* David Baron (computer scientist)
* Bert Bos
* Tantek Çelik
* John Daggett
* Elika Etemad
* Simon Fraser
* Aryeh Gregor

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Official site]
*[https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members.en.php3 CSS WG members]

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[[Category:Cascading Style Sheets| Working Group]]

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