CSS Working Group


The CSS Working Group is a working group created by the World Wide Web Consortium in 1997, to tackle issues that had not been addressed with CSS level 1. As of December 2019, the CSSWG had 142 members.
The working group is co-chaired by Rossen Atanassov and Alan Stearns.

History

In early 1996 HĂĄkon 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. 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.
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.

Members

Members of the CSS Working Group include representatives from the following organizations:
W3C has also invited a few experts to collaborate with the working group:
There are a few W3C staff members also participating in the group:
Active editors of CSS Specifications include the following: