function parseMaxStyle(styleValue, node, parentProperty) {
		var valueInPixels;
		if (typeof(styleValue) === 'string') {
			valueInPixels = parseInt(styleValue, 10);

			if (styleValue.indexOf('%') != -1) {
				// percentage * size in dimension
				valueInPixels = valueInPixels / 100 * node.parentNode[parentProperty];
			}
		} else {
			valueInPixels = styleValue;
		}

		return valueInPixels;
	}
Element type used to generate a meta data (e.g. Chart.element.Point).
@type {Chart.core.element}