In the chairs decision on Issue 131 the text baseline the chairs stated
that there was not adequate information to define the text baseline and
therefore it was not adopted:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Apr/0271.html
In discussions with Maciej to provide clarification I agreed to provide
more information on on text baseline for Issue 131.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Apr/0426.html
I modified the original change proposal to provide more detail on the
computation of text baseline in the text metrics. That information is
included in this change proposal:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/CaretSelection
Please review.
Thanks,
Rich
Rich Schwerdtfeger
CTO Accessibility Software Group