html5/md Overview.html,1.151,1.152

Update of /sources/public/html5/md
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	Overview.html 
Log Message:
Now both pedancy and simplicity are losing in the race for clarity. (whatwg r6343)

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   <code>area</code>, <code>audio</code>, <code>embed</code>,
   <code>iframe</code>, <code>img</code>, <code>link</code>,
   <code>object</code>, <code>source</code>, <code>track</code>, and
-  <code>video</code> elements.<p>If a property's <a href="#concept-property-value" title="concept-property-value">value</a>
-  is an <a href="#absolute-url">absolute URL</a>, the property must be specified
-  using a <a href="#url-property-elements" title="URL property elements">URL property
-  element</a>.<p>If a property's <a href="#concept-property-value" title="concept-property-value">value</a>
-  represents a <a href="#concept-date" title="concept-date">date</a>, <a href="#concept-time" title="concept-time">time</a>, or <a href="#concept-datetime" title="concept-datetime">global date and time</a>, the property
-  must be specified using the <code title="attr-time-datetime">datetime</code> attribute of a
-  <code>time</code> element.<div class="impl"> 
+  <code>video</code> elements.<p>If a property's <a href="#concept-property-value" title="concept-property-value">value</a>, as defined by the
+  property's definition, is an <a href="#absolute-url">absolute URL</a>, the property
+  must be specified using a <a href="#url-property-elements" title="URL property elements">URL
+  property element</a>.<p>If a property's <a href="#concept-property-value" title="concept-property-value">value</a>
+  represents a <a href="#concept-date" title="concept-date">date</a>, <a href="#concept-time" title="concept-time">time</a>, or <a href="#concept-datetime" title="concept-datetime">global date and time</a>, as defined by
+  the property's definition, the property must be specified using the
+  <code title="attr-time-datetime">datetime</code> attribute of a
+  <code>time</code> element.<p class="note">These requirements do not apply just because a
+  property value happens to match the syntax for a URL or date/time
+  construct. They only apply if the property is explicitly defined as
+  taking such a value.<p class="example">For example, a book about the first moon landing
+  could be called "1969-07-20". A "title" property from a vocabulary
+  that defines a title as being a string would not expect the title to
+  be given in a <code>time</code> element, even though it looks like a
+  date. On the other hand, if there was a (rather narrowly scoped!)
+  vocaburaly for "books whose titles imply dates" which had a "title"
+  property defined to take a date, then the property <em>would</em>
+  except the title to be given in a <code>time</code> element, because
+  of the requirement above.<div class="impl"> 
 
 
   <h3 id="associating-names-with-items"><span class="secno">2.5 </span>Associating names with items</h3>

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