[clreq] Gap could be misunderstood as a literal typographic gap (#694)

YDX-2147483647 has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/clreq:

== Gap could be misunderstood as a literal typographic gap ==
The word _gap_ in [Chinese Layout Gap Analysis (clreq-gap)](https://www.w3.org/TR/clreq-gap/) means the separation between the current and the expected, but it could be misunderstood as a literal typographic gap, as in CSS `gap: 10px`. 

Could we amend the wording in Abstract and eliminate the ambiguity?

> This document describes and prioritises gaps <ins>or shortcomings</ins> for the support of the Chinese script on the Web and in eBooks.

## Background

We've wrote a clreq-gap for a typesetting software, and [people reflected](https://forum.typst.app/t/chinese-layout-gap-analysis-clreq-gap-for-typst/4691) that clreq-gap uses the word _gap_ a lot without explanation.

> At first, it sounds literally like a visible gap in the layout output. But then it sounds like shortcomings.

> I had the same misunderstanding.
> I think talking about metaphorical gaps is common, but in most context literal gaps are not applicable. For layout and typesetting they are…

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/clreq/issues/694 using your GitHub account


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