CSS Device Adaptation Module

E83546

CSS module W3C specification technical standard

The CSS Device Adaptation Module is a W3C CSS specification that defines how web content can adapt its layout and viewport to different devices and screen characteristics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
CSS Device Adaptation	2
CSS Device Adaptation Module canonical	1
css-device-adapt	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T679978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CSS Device Adaptation Module
Context triple: [W3C CSS Working Group, standardizes, CSS Device Adaptation Module]

A. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines is a W3C WAI technical standard that defines how web browsers, media players, and similar user agents should support accessibility for people with disabilities.
B. Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web
"Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web" is a foundational book that explains the principles, syntax, and practical use of CSS for creating well-structured, visually consistent web pages.
C. CSS
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to control the presentation and layout of web pages written in HTML or XML.
D. Fullscreen API Standard
The Fullscreen API Standard is a web specification that defines how websites can programmatically display elements in full-screen mode across browsers.
E. HTML Living Standard
The HTML Living Standard is the continuously updated, authoritative specification for the HTML language maintained by the WHATWG to define how web content is structured and behaves across browsers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CSS Device Adaptation Module
Target entity description: The CSS Device Adaptation Module is a W3C CSS specification that defines how web content can adapt its layout and viewport to different devices and screen characteristics.

A. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines is a W3C WAI technical standard that defines how web browsers, media players, and similar user agents should support accessibility for people with disabilities.
B. Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web
"Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web" is a foundational book that explains the principles, syntax, and practical use of CSS for creating well-structured, visually consistent web pages.
C. CSS
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to control the presentation and layout of web pages written in HTML or XML.
D. Fullscreen API Standard
The Fullscreen API Standard is a web specification that defines how websites can programmatically display elements in full-screen mode across browsers.
E. HTML Living Standard
The HTML Living Standard is the continuously updated, authoritative specification for the HTML language maintained by the WHATWG to define how web content is structured and behaves across browsers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CSS module ⓘ W3C specification ⓘ technical standard ⓘ
appliesTo	user agents on desktop computers ⓘ user agents on mobile devices ⓘ user agents on tablets ⓘ web browsers ⓘ
concerns	device characteristics ⓘ screen characteristics ⓘ viewport behavior ⓘ
definesConcept	@viewport at-rule ⓘ CSS ⓘ surface form: CSS viewport device-height ⓘ device-width ⓘ initial viewport ⓘ layout viewport ⓘ orientation ⓘ resolution ⓘ viewport units ⓘ visual viewport ⓘ zoom factor ⓘ
definesSyntaxFor	@viewport descriptors ⓘ
goal	enable responsive design at the CSS level ⓘ provide interoperable viewport control across user agents ⓘ
governingBody	W3C CSS Working Group ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOf	CSS ⓘ surface form: Cascading Style Sheets W3C CSS specifications ⓘ
publisher	World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
relatedTo	CSS Media Queries ⓘ CSS Values and Units Module ⓘ surface form: CSS Values and Units Module Level 3 CSSOM View Module ⓘ HTML meta viewport element ⓘ
scope	adapting web content to different device orientations ⓘ adapting web content to different device resolutions ⓘ adapting web content to different screen sizes ⓘ
shortName	CSS Device Adaptation Module self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: css-device-adapt
standardizes	mechanisms for adapting layout to device characteristics ⓘ mechanisms for controlling the viewport on different devices ⓘ
status	W3C Working Draft ⓘ
technologyDomain	responsive web design ⓘ web design ⓘ web standards ⓘ
usedFor	controlling how pages are sized on mobile devices ⓘ controlling initial viewport size ⓘ controlling zoom and scale behavior ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W3C CSS Working Group → standardizes → CSS Device Adaptation Module ⓘ

CSS Device Adaptation Module → shortName → CSS Device Adaptation Module self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: css-device-adapt

CSS Level 3 modules → includesModule → CSS Device Adaptation Module ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS Device Adaptation

Open Web Platform → hasComponent → CSS Device Adaptation Module ⓘ