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The reference [URL] needs to reference a W3C REC track specification.
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The link has not been updated in new LC http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-dom-20140710/#refsURL In this LC it is pointing at http://url.spec.whatwg.org/
Activity: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014JulSep/0352.html
Having reviewed the usage that DOM makes of URL, which is simply to expose (string) URLs with no relationship whatsoever with the constraints imposed by any other specification, I have kept the dual reference as is and made it informative.