[css3-positioning] why is it called "positioned layout" from Alex Mogilevsky on 2012-02-03 (www-style@w3.org from February 2012)

From: Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:47:51 +0000
To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, Arron Eicholz <Arron.Eicholz@microsoft.com>
CC: "www-style@w3.org list" <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <D51C9E849DDD0D4EA38C2E539856928412E3A932@TK5EX14MBXC214.redmond.corp.microsoft.>

Why is the spec called "positioned layout"? It seems everybody is referring to it as "css3 positioning", and "positioned layout" was/is used to refer to proposals dealing with radical new ways of using positioning, such as what is on Tab's blog...

Is there rationale to call it "layout" that is no obvious to me?

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