hixie: clarify element definitions (whatwg r6079)

hixie: clarify element definitions (whatwg r6079)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4882&r2=1.4883&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6078&to=6079

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@@ -17329,10 +17329,9 @@
    <dd>Uses <code><a href="#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-i-element">i</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a span of text
   in an alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal
-  prose, such as a taxonomic designation, a technical term, an
-  idiomatic phrase from another language, a thought, a ship name in
-  Western texts, or some other prose whose typical typographic
-  presentation is italicized.<p>Terms in languages different from the main text should be
+  prose in a manner indicating a different quality of text, such as a
+  taxonomic designation, a technical term, an idiomatic phrase from
+  another language, a thought, or a ship name in Western texts.<p>Terms in languages different from the main text should be
   annotated with <code title="attr-lang"><a href="#attr-lang">lang</a></code> attributes (or,
   in XML, <a href="#attr-xml-lang" title="attr-xml-lang"><code title="">lang</code>
   attributes in the <span>XML namespace</span></a>).<div class="example">
@@ -17374,10 +17373,11 @@
    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
    <dd>Uses <code><a href="#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-b-element">b</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a span of text
-  to be stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying
-  any extra importance, such as key words in a document abstract,
-  product names in a review, or other spans of text whose typical
-  typographic presentation is boldened.<div class="example">
+  to which attention is being drawn for utilitarian purposes without
+  conveying any extra importance and with no implication of an
+  alternate voice or mood, such as key words in a document abstract,
+  product names in a review, actionable words in interactive
+  text-driven software, or an article lede.<div class="example">
    <p>The following example shows a use of the <code><a href="#the-b-element">b</a></code> element
    to highlight key words without marking them up as important:</p>
    <pre>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;b&gt;frobonitor&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;barbinator&lt;/b&gt; components are fried.&lt;/p&gt;</pre>

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