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Bug 20888 - The src attribute value must be a valid, non-emtpy value, but the next paragraph says that if the url is empty or doesn't resolve Track URL is the empty string. I'm not sure how to interpret this. Should I reject
Summary: The src attribute value must be a valid, non-emtpy value, but the next paragr...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-02-06 22:30 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-03-26 00:19 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2013-02-06 22:30:47 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-track-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-track-element

Comment:
The src attribute value must be a valid, non-emtpy value, but the next
paragraph says that if the url is empty or doesn't resolve Track URL is the
empty string. I'm not sure how to interpret this. Should I reject 

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-03-26 00:19:59 UTC 
Please see this section:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#how-to-read-this-specification

I think that section answers your question.

If I'm wrong, please re-open the bug so we can examine this case further. Thanks!