katepart CSS syntax highlight css.xml highlight fails, but css-php.xml does just fine?

Please confirm, In kate/kwrite, opening a .css file which invokes the katepart syntax/css.xml syntax file does not properly highlight the css. However, if the CSS is part of a php file, then the css-php.xml file provides perfect CSS syntax highlight. The bewildering thing is aside from the addition in css-php.xml to include the findphp syntax, the CSS content of both files is identical. If this can be confirmed, this is a bug and the css.xml file will need to be fixed. I've checked the TDE source (tdelibs/kate/syntax) and the syntax file used by TDE is the same as we have for KDE3. Let me know. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.