suggestion: modify <small> definition

Hi all, there has been discussion[1] on list and elsewhere[2] about the
<small> element about what it means and what it does (and doesn't do).

Alohci suggested[3] the following:

"The small element represents lowered prominence, but equal importance, for
its contents."


in place of [4]

"The small element represents side comments such as small print."

I think Aohci's suggestion has some merit as the current definition
as,<small> does what the definition states (or should do). Authors use it
to visually lower the prominence of text content, but often the text is of
no less importance (and may indeed be of greater importance in the case of
disclaimers, caveats, legal restrictions, or copyrights.

Alohci goes on to suggest:

"It is suitable for content that is side comments such as small print, or
for parts of a heading that may be omitted from an outline."

but think it would be better to put this aside for the moment.

[1]
april -
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013Apr/thread.html#msg22
may -
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013May/subject.html#msg112

[2]
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/336523024054493185
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/336525854677020672
https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/336557226019930113

[3] http://html5doctor.com/howto-subheadings/#comment-34256
[4]
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-small-element
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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>