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Clarify what we mean when we use Council (See #175)
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Expand Up @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ <h4>Nearby</h4>
<p>This document supplements the Process Document by providing best practices to resolve and decide Formal Objections.</p>

<p>In this document, <dfn id="resolving">resolving</dfn> a Formal Objection means finding a solution that has no objections. <dfn id="deciding">Deciding</dfn> means
giving a yes/no answer to the question of whether an objection should be <dfn id="overrule">overruled</dfn> (i.e., no) or <dfn id="sustained">sustained</dfn> (i.e., yes).
giving a yes/no answer to the question of whether an objection should be <dfn id="overrule">overruled</dfn> (i.e., no) or <dfn id="sustained">sustained</dfn> (i.e., yes); <a href="#council">Council</a> refers to the ephemeral W3C Council created to make a <a href="deciding">decision</a> on one or more Formal Objections. Councils comprising different members may exist at the same time to handle distinct decisions.
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Punctuation is inconsistent here. Choose whether you want a period or semicolon between definitions. :)

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It seems clear to me that this semicolon was/is an error, and should be the full-stop I've suggested. Shorter lines are easier to proofread, so I've also added some whitespace to the HTML.

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giving a yes/no answer to the question of whether an objection should be <dfn id="overrule">overruled</dfn> (i.e., no) or <dfn id="sustained">sustained</dfn> (i.e., yes); <a href="#council">Council</a> refers to the ephemeral W3C Council created to make a <a href="deciding">decision</a> on one or more Formal Objections. Councils comprising different members may exist at the same time to handle distinct decisions.
giving a yes/no answer to the question of whether an objection should be
<dfn id="overrule">overruled</dfn> (i.e., no) or <dfn id="sustained">sustained</dfn> (i.e., yes).
<a href="#council">Council</a> refers to the ephemeral W3C Council created to make
a <a href="deciding">decision</a> on one or more Formal Objections. Councils comprising
different members may exist at the same time to handle distinct decisions.

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<h2 id="council"><a href="#council">Cases that warrant a Council</a></h2>
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