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2.4.3 Keywords and enumerated attributes states "In addition, two default states can be given. The first is the <i>invalid value default</i>, the second is the <i>missing value default</i>." The two italicized terms are not tagged as defined.
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i agree that you don't want to identify terms as linkable definitions if they aren't used elsewhere as such.