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                      4:    .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
                      5:    .applies thead code { display: block; }
                      6:    .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
                      7:    .applies td { text-align: center; }
                      8:    .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
                      9: 
                     10:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
                     11:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                     12: 
                     13:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                     14:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                     15:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                     16: 
                     17:    td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
                     18: 
                     19:    #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
                     20:    #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
                     21:    #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
                     22:    #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
                     23:    #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
                     24:    #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
                     25:    #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
                     26:    #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
                     27:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
                     28:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
                     29:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
                     30:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
                     31:    #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
                     32:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
                     33:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
                     34:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
                     35: 
                     36:    .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
                     37:    .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
                     38:    .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
                     39:    .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
                     40:    .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
                     41:    .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
                     42:    .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
                     43:    .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
                     44:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
                     45:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
                     46:    .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
                     47:    .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
                     48: 
                     49:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
                     50: 
                     51:    #base64-table {
                     52:      white-space: nowrap;
                     53:      font-size: 0.6em;
                     54:      column-width: 6em;
                     55:      column-count: 5;
                     56:      column-gap: 1em;
                     57:      -moz-column-width: 6em;
                     58:      -moz-column-count: 5;
                     59:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                     60:      -webkit-column-width: 6em;
                     61:      -webkit-column-count: 5;
                     62:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                     63:    }
                     64:    #base64-table thead { display: none; }
                     65:    #base64-table * { border: none; }
                     66:    #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
                     67:    #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
                     68: 
                     69:    #named-character-references-table {
                     70:      white-space: nowrap;
                     71:      font-size: 0.6em;
                     72:      column-width: 30em;
                     73:      column-gap: 1em;
                     74:      -moz-column-width: 30em;
                     75:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                     76:      -webkit-column-width: 30em;
                     77:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                     78:    }
                     79:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
                     80:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
                     81:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
                     82:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
                     83: 
                     84:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
                     85: 
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                     87:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                     88:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
                     89:    }
                     90:    @font-face {
                     91:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                     92:      font-weight: bold;
                     93:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
                     94:    }
                     95:    @font-face {
                     96:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                     97:      font-style: italic;
                     98:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
                     99:    }
                    100:    @font-face {
                    101:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    102:      font-style: italic;
                    103:      font-weight: bold;
                    104:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
                    105:    }
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1.1       mike      149: <script src="jump-indexes.js"></script><p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
                    150: 
                    151:    <h1>HTML5: Edition for Web Authors</h1>
                    152:    
                    153:    </div><div class="prev_next">
                    154:    <a href="the-del-element.html">&larr; 4.7.2 The del element</a> &ndash;
                    155:    <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> &ndash;
                    156:    <a href="edits-and-paragraphs.html">4.7.4 Edits and paragraphs &rarr;</a>
                    157:   </div>
                    158: 
1.8       mike      159:   <h4 id="attributes-common-to-ins-and-del-elements"><span class="secno">4.7.3 </span>Attributes common to <code><a href="the-ins-element.html#the-ins-element" id="ins_15">ins</a></code> and <code><a href="the-del-element.html#the-del-element" id="del_15">del</a></code> elements</h4><p>The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="attr-mod-cite" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>cite</code></dfn> attribute
1.1       mike      160:   may be used to specify the address of a document that explains the
                    161:   change. When that document is long, for instance the minutes of a
                    162:   meeting, authors are encouraged to include a fragment identifier
                    163:   pointing to the specific part of that document that discusses the
1.8       mike      164:   change.<p>If the <code title="attr-mod-cite"><a href="#attr-mod-cite" id="cite_25">cite</a></code> attribute is
1.1       mike      165:   present, it must be a <a href="urls.html#valid-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces" id="valid-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces_3">valid URL potentially surrounded by
                    166:   spaces</a> that explains the change. <p>The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="attr-mod-datetime" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>datetime</code></dfn>
1.8       mike      167:   attribute may be used to specify the time and date of the change.<p>If present, the <code title="attr-mod-datetime"><a href="#attr-mod-datetime" id="datetime_9">datetime</a></code>
1.1       mike      168:   attribute's value must be a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-date-string-with-optional-time" id="valid-date-string-with-optional-time_2">valid date string with optional
1.8       mike      169:   time</a>.<p>The <code><a href="the-ins-element.html#the-ins-element" id="ins_16">ins</a></code> and <code><a href="the-del-element.html#the-del-element" id="del_16">del</a></code> elements  implement the <code><a href="#htmlmodelement" id="htmlmodelement_2">HTMLModElement</a></code>
1.4       mike      170:   interface:<pre class="idl">interface <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="htmlmodelement" role="button" tabindex="0">HTMLModElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement_64">HTMLElement</a> {
1.1       mike      171:            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-mod-cite" id="dom-mod-cite_0" title="dom-mod-cite">cite</a>;
                    172:            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-mod-datetime" id="dom-mod-datetime_0" title="dom-mod-datetime">dateTime</a>;
                    173: };</pre>
                    174: <p>The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-mod-cite" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>cite</code></dfn> IDL
1.9       mike      175:   attribute must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect" id="reflect_21">reflect</a> the element's <code title="attr-mod-cite"><a href="#attr-mod-cite" id="cite_26">cite</a></code> content attribute. The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-mod-datetime" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>dateTime</code></dfn> IDL attribute
                    176:   must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect" id="reflect_22">reflect</a> the element's <code title="attr-mod-datetime"><a href="#attr-mod-datetime" id="datetime_10">datetime</a></code> content attribute.</p>

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