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Section 5.3.1: "If BASE is defined in HTML specification or other applicable specifications, let BASE be..." should, I think, instead start "If EXTENDS is defined..."
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/rev/e2cd2537fdb4 http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/rev/6b49e346b26e