hixie: Clarify that type='' on <link> should prevent a style sheet from being applied. (whatwg r4275)

hixie: Clarify that type='' on <link> should prevent a style sheet from
being applied. (whatwg r4275)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3415&r2=1.3416&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4274&to=4275

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.3416
diff -u -d -r1.3415 -r1.3416
--- Overview.html 22 Oct 2009 23:37:07 -0000 1.3415
+++ Overview.html 22 Oct 2009 23:45:35 -0000 1.3416
@@ -9624,10 +9624,11 @@
   is used as a hint to user agents so that they can avoid fetching
   resources they do not support. <span class="impl">If the attribute
   is present, then the user agent must assume that the resource is of
-  the given type. If the attribute is omitted, but the external
-  resource link type has a default type defined, then the user agent
-  must assume that the resource is of that type. If the UA does not
-  support the given <a href="#mime-type">MIME type</a> for the given link
+  the given type (even if that is not a <a href="#valid-mime-type">valid MIME type</a>,
+  e.g. the empty string). If the attribute is omitted, but the
+  external resource link type has a default type defined, then the
+  user agent must assume that the resource is of that type. If the UA
+  does not support the given <a href="#mime-type">MIME type</a> for the given link
   relationship, then the UA should not <a href="#concept-link-obtain" title="concept-link-obtain">obtain</a> the resource; if the UA
   does support the given <a href="#mime-type">MIME type</a> for the given link
   relationship, then the UA should <a href="#concept-link-obtain" title="concept-link-obtain">obtain</a> the resource. If the

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