The computed value of image() converts relative urls into absolute.

Author: tabatkins

css3-images/Overview.html

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 
    <h1>CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 11 February
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 16 February
     2012</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This Version:
 
     <dd><a
      href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-images/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-images/</a>
-     <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-images-20120211/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-images-20120211/</a>-->
+     <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-images-20120216/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-images-20120216/</a>-->
 
 
     <dt>Latest Version:
@@ -504,8 +504,10 @@ <h3 id=image-notation><span class=secno>3.2. </span> Image Fallbacks and
 <dfn
    id=ltimage-decl>&lt;image-decl></dfn> = &lt;string> [ ltr | rtl ]?</pre>
 
-  <p>Each <code>&lt;string></code> must represent a <a
-   href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#urls">URL</a>.
+  <p>Each <code>&lt;string></code> represents a <a
+   href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#urls">URL</a>. The computed
+   value of an <a href="#ltimage-list"><i>&lt;image-list></i></a> is the same
+   as specified, except with all relative URLs converted into absolute URLs.
 
   <p>Multiple arguments can be given separated by commas, in which case the
    function represents the first &lt;string> representing an image that the

css3-images/Overview.src.html

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ <h3 id="image-notation">
 	<pre class='prod'><dfn>&lt;image-list></dfn> = image( [ &lt;image-decl> , ]* [ &lt;image-decl> | &lt;color> ] )
 <dfn>&lt;image-decl></dfn> = &lt;string> [ ltr | rtl ]?</pre>
 
-	<p>Each <code>&lt;string></code> must represent a <a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#urls">URL</a>.</p>
+	<p>Each <code>&lt;string></code> represents a <a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#urls">URL</a>.  The computed value of an <i>&lt;image-list></i> is the same as specified, except with all relative URLs converted into absolute URLs.</p>
 
 	<p>Multiple arguments can be given separated by commas, in which case the function represents the first &lt;string> representing an image that the browser can successfully load and display.  The final argument can specify a &lt;color> to serve as an ultimate fallback; this can be used, e.g. for 'background-image', to ensure adequate contrast if none of the preceding &lt;image-decl>s can be used. If the final argument is a &lt;color>, it represents a solid-color image of the given color with no <i>intrinsic dimensions</i>.