CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Level 3 Disposition of Comments

Last call document: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-images-20120112/

Editor's draft: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-images/

The following color coding convention is used for comments:

An issue can be closed as Accepted, OutOfScope, Invalid, Rejected, or Retracted. Verified indicates commentor's acceptance of the response.

 Issue 1. Summary:  Use linear RGB for gradients From:     Witold Baryluk Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0607.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0617.html Closed:   Rejected Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0635.html 
 Issue 2. Summary:  Don't use prepositions in linear-gradient() From:     Robert Biggs Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0720.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0783.html Comment:  (private mail - accepted resolution for radial-gradient, but            didn't accept it for linear-gradient) Note:     http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Aug/0271.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0384.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0387.html Closed:   Rejected Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0549.html 
 Issue 3. Summary:  Use of 'bounding box' is undefined, should be 'border box' From:     Leif Arne Storset Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0033.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1386.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1399.html Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 4. Summary:  'element reference identifier' underdefined From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0253.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0265.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1398.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 5. Summary:  The element() cycle detection algo phrasing implies an incremental           algorithm. From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0251.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0269.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 6. Summary:  The element() cycle detection algo misses cycles caused by           host-language elements. From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0254.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0270.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 7. Summary:  The term "paint sources" is insufficiently defined, and should           have explicit definitions for HTML and SVG. From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0252.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0264.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 8. Summary:  HTML's definition of "paint source" only exists in the WHATWG           version of HTML5, so it should be directly linked to. From:     Leif Arne Storset Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0267.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0271.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 9. Summary:  'image-orientation' should be applied before any other transformations From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0404.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0517.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 10. Summary:  Concrete Object Size resolution algorithm has clumsy text,           implying that only one dimension is resolved in one of the steps From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0395.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0518.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 11. Summary:  element() examples still used old IDENT syntax. From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0394.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0519.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 12. Summary:  specify element() behavior when the selector matches multiple elements From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0394.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0519.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 13. Summary:  specify that relative image() urls compute to absolute From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0393.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0696.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 14. Summary:  image() shouldn't require implementations to support Media Fragments From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0388.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1049.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1102.html Closed:   Partially Accepted - keep requirement, but add a generalized form           of the commenter's idea as well, as suggested by fantasai 
 Issue 15. Summary:  Better define how image-orientation interacts with EXIF data From:     Simon Fraser Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0311.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0877.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 16. Summary:  Gradients shouldn't transition using premultiplied alpha. From:     Rik Cabanier Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1071.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1081.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1090.html Closed:   Rejected Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1084.html 
 Issue 17. Summary:  element() function should move to the next level of Images From:     Simon Fraser Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0324.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0347.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 18. Summary:  Define 'dpi' and 'dpcm' in terms of the real physical units,           not the CSS units From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0408.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0430.html Closed:   Rejected Verified: krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20120222#l-80 
 Issue 19. Summary:  Several typos From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0408.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0430.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 20. Summary:  It's unclear if image-resolution is supposed to apply to images           specified in CSS From:     Simon Fraser Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0323.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0329.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 21. Summary:  The spec points to Values & Units for a definition of <position>,           but it's not defined there. From:     Lea Verou Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Jan/0950.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1106.html Closed:   Rejected Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1107.html 
 Issue 22. Summary:  There should be a non-example reference to CSSElementMap From:     Simon Fraser Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0268.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0266.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 23. Summary:  Wording of 'object-fit:fill' seems to imply that the content box           *must* be filled From:     Leif Arne Storset Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0034.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0099.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 24. Summary:  'object-fit:cover/contain' contain seemingly redundant text From:     Leif Arne Storset Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0036.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0098.html Note:     http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011May/0638.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1122.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0517.html Closed:   Accepted Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0525.html 
 Issue 25. Summary:  "Concentric ellipses" is imprecise From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1361.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1375.html Closed:   Accepted Verified: XXX NEEDS REVIEW 
 Issue 26. Summary:  specify alignment of varying-size pages for broken element() From:     fantasai Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 27. Summary:  Allow image() to accept element() From:     TabAtkins Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0265.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1143.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1398.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 28. Summary:  Use of <svg> as a paint source From:     Erik Dahlstrom Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1124.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1131.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1137.html Closed:   Rejected+Deferred Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1250.html Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 29. Summary:  Clarify "not rendered" From:     Erik Dahlstrom Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1124.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1137.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1250.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1265.html Closed:   Accepted+Deferred Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1330.html Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 30. Summary:  Style resolution of elements not in document From:     Boris Zbarsky Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1256.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1268.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1269.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1278.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1279.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1288.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1350.html Closed:   ??? Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1356.html Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 31. Summary:  Define precisely how SVG paint servers are used as paint sources Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1250.html (bottom) Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1265.html (bottom) Closed:   Accepted Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1330.html (bottom) Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 32. Summary:  objectBoundingBox and userSpaceOnUse are defined to be identical Note:     raised against edits resulting from other issues, not against LC From:     Dirk Schulze Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1296.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1304.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1305.html Closed:   Invalid 
 Issue 33. Summary:  aliasing of object-fit/object-position From:     Erik Dahlstrom Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1126.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1127.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0518.html Closed:   Accepted Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0526.html 
 Issue 34. Summary:  element() and 3D Transforms From:     Dirk Schulze Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1294.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1297.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1325.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1334.html Closed:   Deferred to Level 4. Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 35. Summary:  GCPM element() and Images element() From:     fantasai / Håkon Lie Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1430.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/1433.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0012.html Closed:   Deferred to Level 4 Deferred: The element() feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 36. Summary:  Clarify scope of required Media Fragments support for image() From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0152.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0493.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 37. Summary:  ltr/rtl annotations should be per image() not per URL From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0243.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0519.html Closed:   Deferred to Level 4 Deferred: The directional images feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 38. Summary:  Default object size for replaced elements is incorrect From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0336.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0339.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 39. Summary:  Concrete object size should link to algorithm From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0337.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0342.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 40. Summary:  Editorial comments on linear-gradient() From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0338.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0341.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 41. Summary:  Combine directional images into image-orientation From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0397.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0513.html Note:     See also Issue 37 Closed:   Deferred to Level 4 Deferred: The directional images feature has been deferred to Level 4. 
 Issue 42. Summary:  image-orientation should inherit From:     呂康豪 (Kang-Hao Lu) Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0397.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0513.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 43. Summary:  Handling of negative color stops unclear From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0357.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0372.html Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0378.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0380.html Closed:   Accepted Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0393.html 
 Issue 44. Summary:  Clarifications to intrinsic sizing terminology From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0358.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0414.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0496.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 45. Summary:  Define closest aspect ratio more precisely From:     Øyvind Stenhaug Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0402.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0498.html Closed:   Accepted Verified: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0527.html 
 Issue 46. Summary:  Accessibility Review From:     Michael Cooper Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0361.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0366.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0368.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 47. Summary:  Interaction of object-fit and default sizing algorithm is messy From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0363.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0425.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0577.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 48. Summary:  SVG with one intrinsic dimension and an aspect ratio From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0364.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0415.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0496.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 49. Summary:  object-fit's resizing behavior doesn't account for mixed min/max constraints From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0369.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0370.html Closed:   Invalid via Issue 24 edits 
 Issue 50. Summary:  image-orientation application unclear wrt background / 'content' images From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0388.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0412.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 51. Summary:  Capitalization of MAY inconsistent From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0389.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0413.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 52. Summary:  Editorial clarification to concrete object size determination From:     David Baron Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0365.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0550.html Closed:   Accepted 
 Issue 53. Summary:  Remove out-of-document element references feature From:     Tab Atkins and fantasai Comment:  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0477.html Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Mar/0487.html Closed:   Accepted