html5/spec Overview.html,1.2288,1.2289

Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
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Modified Files:
	Overview.html 
Log Message:
Mention what to do when reflecting to a missing attribute. (bug 6516) (whatwg r3131)

Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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@@ -5443,6 +5443,11 @@
   given value.<p class="note">A list of <a href="#reflecting-dom-attributes">reflecting DOM attributes</a> and
   their corresponding content attributes is given in the index.<div class="impl">
 
+  <p>In general, on getting, if the content attribute is not present,
+  the DOM attribute must act as if the content attribute's value is
+  the empty string; and on setting, if the content attribute is not
+  present, it must first be added.</p>
+
   <p>If a reflecting DOM attribute is a <code>DOMString</code>
   attribute whose content attribute is defined to contain a
   <a href="#url">URL</a>, then on getting, the DOM attribute must <a href="#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a url">resolve</a> the value of the content

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