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whatwg · Sep 3, 2009 · 26c9688 · 26c9688
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@@ -10500,11 +10500,11 @@ http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C%21DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0
   means to <a href=#following-hyperlinks title="following hyperlinks">follow the
   hyperlinks</a> created using the <code><a href=#the-link-element>link</a></code> element,
   somewhere within their user interface. The exact interface is not
-  defined by this specification, but if present, it should include the
-  following information (obtained from the element's attributes, again
-  as defined below), in some form or another (possibly simplified),
-  for each hyperlink created with each <code><a href=#the-link-element>link</a></code> element in
-  the document:</p>
+  defined by this specification, but it could include the following
+  information (obtained from the element's attributes, again as
+  defined below), in some form or another (possibly simplified), for
+  each hyperlink created with each <code><a href=#the-link-element>link</a></code> element in the
+  document:</p>
 
   <ul><!-- the order here is the order that makes most sense for a UI --><li>The relationship between this document and the resource (given
    by the <code title=attr-link-rel><a href=#attr-link-rel>rel</a></code> attribute)</li>
@@ -10517,8 +10517,8 @@ http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C%21DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0
 
    <li>The optimum media for the resource (given by the <code title=attr-link-media><a href=#attr-link-media>media</a></code> attribute).</li>
 
-  </ul><p>User agents may also include other information, such as the type
-  of the resource (as given by the <code title=attr-link-type><a href=#attr-link-type>type</a></code> attribute).</p>
+  </ul><p>User agents could also include other information, such as the
+  type of the resource (as given by the <code title=attr-link-type><a href=#attr-link-type>type</a></code> attribute).</p>
 
   </div>
 
@@ -14729,10 +14729,10 @@ first matching case):&lt;/p&gt;
 
   <div class=impl>
 
-  <p>Interactive user agents should allow users to <a href=#following-hyperlinks title="following hyperlinks">follow hyperlinks</a> created using
-  the <code><a href=#the-a-element>a</a></code> element. The <code title=attr-hyperlink-href><a href=#attr-hyperlink-href>href</a></code>, <code title=attr-hyperlink-target><a href=#attr-hyperlink-target>target</a></code> and <code title=attr-hyperlink-ping><a href=#ping>ping</a></code> attributes decide how the
-  link is followed. The <code title=attr-hyperlink-rel><a href=#attr-hyperlink-rel>rel</a></code>,
-  <code title=attr-hyperlink-media><a href=#attr-hyperlink-media>media</a></code>, <code title=attr-hyperlink-hreflang><a href=#attr-hyperlink-hreflang>hreflang</a></code>, and <code title=attr-hyperlink-type><a href=#attr-hyperlink-type>type</a></code> attributes may be used to
+  <p>The <code title=attr-hyperlink-href><a href=#attr-hyperlink-href>href</a></code>, <code title=attr-hyperlink-target><a href=#attr-hyperlink-target>target</a></code> and <code title=attr-hyperlink-ping><a href=#ping>ping</a></code> attributes affect what
+  happens when users <a href=#following-hyperlinks title="following hyperlinks">follow
+  hyperlinks</a> created using the <code><a href=#the-a-element>a</a></code> element.  The
+  <code title=attr-hyperlink-rel><a href=#attr-hyperlink-rel>rel</a></code>, <code title=attr-hyperlink-media><a href=#attr-hyperlink-media>media</a></code>, <code title=attr-hyperlink-hreflang><a href=#attr-hyperlink-hreflang>hreflang</a></code>, and <code title=attr-hyperlink-type><a href=#attr-hyperlink-type>type</a></code> attributes may be used to
   indicate to the user the likely nature of the target resource before
   the user follows the link.</p>
 

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -11021,11 +11021,11 @@ http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C%21DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0
   means to <span title="following hyperlinks">follow the
   hyperlinks</span> created using the <code>link</code> element,
   somewhere within their user interface. The exact interface is not
-  defined by this specification, but if present, it should include the
-  following information (obtained from the element's attributes, again
-  as defined below), in some form or another (possibly simplified),
-  for each hyperlink created with each <code>link</code> element in
-  the document:</p>
+  defined by this specification, but it could include the following
+  information (obtained from the element's attributes, again as
+  defined below), in some form or another (possibly simplified), for
+  each hyperlink created with each <code>link</code> element in the
+  document:</p>
 
   <ul> <!-- the order here is the order that makes most sense for a UI -->
 
@@ -11046,8 +11046,8 @@ http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C%21DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0
 
   </ul>
 
-  <p>User agents may also include other information, such as the type
-  of the resource (as given by the <code
+  <p>User agents could also include other information, such as the
+  type of the resource (as given by the <code
   title="attr-link-type">type</code> attribute).</p>
 
   </div>
@@ -15750,14 +15750,13 @@ first matching case):&lt;/p&gt;
 
   <div class="impl">
 
-  <p>Interactive user agents should allow users to <span
-  title="following hyperlinks">follow hyperlinks</span> created using
-  the <code>a</code> element. The <code
-  title="attr-hyperlink-href">href</code>, <code
+  <p>The <code title="attr-hyperlink-href">href</code>, <code
   title="attr-hyperlink-target">target</code> and <code
-  title="attr-hyperlink-ping">ping</code> attributes decide how the
-  link is followed. The <code title="attr-hyperlink-rel">rel</code>,
-  <code title="attr-hyperlink-media">media</code>, <code
+  title="attr-hyperlink-ping">ping</code> attributes affect what
+  happens when users <span title="following hyperlinks">follow
+  hyperlinks</span> created using the <code>a</code> element.  The
+  <code title="attr-hyperlink-rel">rel</code>, <code
+  title="attr-hyperlink-media">media</code>, <code
   title="attr-hyperlink-hreflang">hreflang</code>, and <code
   title="attr-hyperlink-type">type</code> attributes may be used to
   indicate to the user the likely nature of the target resource before