Real World XML

Using Inheritance

You might have noticed that although the <U> element in the previous examples specified only one aspect of the element's style—that is, that text should be underlined (by using this rule: U {text-decoration: underline})—the underlined text appeared in the same font as the surrounding text, as you see in Figure 9-7. The reason is that styled elements inherit the styles of their parent elements. In this case, the <U> element's parent element is <P>:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="ch09_02.css"?> 
<DOCUMENT>
    <TITLE>The Meditations</TITLE>
    <AUTHOR>By Marcus Aurelius</AUTHOR>
    <SECTION>Book One</SECTION>
    <P>
        From my grandfather, <U>Verus</U>, I learned good morals and the government of my temper. </P> <P> From the reputation ...