Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-align] introduction to baseline values should link to "baseline-sharing group" rather than "alignment context"

The use of "shared alignment context" in the intro is intentional - it's the major constraint on what boxes you can *form* a baseline-sharing group with, and is the more fundamental concept for what baseline alignment is. (The concept of baseline-sharing group had to be created due to the limitations of trying to align boxes with different writing modes and/or baseline alignment preferences.)

We'll make the second change you request, though (linking to baseline-sharing group rather than alignment context in the definition of the keywords).

We disagree with your third point -- the baseline-sharing group *does* generate a baseline, to which all the individual boxes align. They are then collectively positioned within their own contexts, establishing the position of that baseline. (When the alignment baselines of individual items are different, this becomes particularly clear, as the baseline-sharing group generates a baseline *set* not just a single baseline.)

Let us know if you find this resolution satisfactory.

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