@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ <h2 id=accessing><span class=secno>2. </span>Accessing style sheets through
442442 the < code > < a href ="#documentstyle "> DocumentStyle</ a > </ code > interface
443443 implemented on the < code > Document</ code > object. The < code > < a
444444 href ="#documentstyle "> DocumentStyle</ a > </ code > interface also provides an
445- interface for enabling alternate style sheets and manipulating style sheet
446- sets.
445+ interface for enabling alternative style sheets and manipulating style
446+ sheet sets.
447447
448448 < h3 id =terminology0 > < span class =secno > 2.1. </ span > Terminology</ h3 >
449449
@@ -587,10 +587,14 @@ <h3 id=the-documentstyle><span class=secno>2.3. </span>The <code><a
587587 < p > This attribute < em class =ct > must</ em > be a < code > < a
588588 href ="#stylesheetlist "> StyleSheetList</ a > </ code > object containing a
589589 collection of all < code > < a href ="#linkstyle "> LinkStyle</ a > </ code >
590- objects with a non-< code > null</ code > < code title =linkstyle-sheet > < a
591- href ="#linkstyle-sheet "> sheet</ a > </ code > attribute in document order
592- preceded by style sheets introduced through HTTP headers.
590+ objects with a non-< code > null</ code > preceded by style sheets introduced
591+ through HTTP headers.
592+ </ dl >
593+
594+ < p > < code title =linkstyle-sheet > < a href ="#linkstyle-sheet "> sheet</ a > </ code >
595+ attribute in document order
593596
597+ < dl >
594598 < dt > < dfn
595599 id =documentstyle-selectedStyleSheetSet > < code > selectedStyleSheetSet</ code > </ dfn >
596600 of type < code > DOMString</ code >
@@ -613,7 +617,7 @@ <h3 id=the-documentstyle><span class=secno>2.3. </span>The <code><a
613617 way to determine what the currently selected style sheet set is in those
614618 conditions). Otherwise, either all style sheets that < a
615619 href ="#style-sheet-title "> have a title</ a > are disabled, or there are no
616- alternate style sheets, and < code > < a
620+ alternative style sheets, and < code > < a
617621 href ="#documentstyle-selectedStyleSheetSet "> selectedStyleSheetSet</ a > </ code >
618622 < em class =ct > must</ em > return the empty string.</ p >
619623
@@ -631,7 +635,7 @@ <h3 id=the-documentstyle><span class=secno>2.3. </span>The <code><a
631635 < p > From the DOM's perspective, all views have the same < code > < a
632636 href ="#documentstyle-selectedStyleSheetSet "> selectedStyleSheetSet</ a > </ code > .
633637 If a user agent supports multiple views with different selected
634- alternate style sheets, then this attribute (and the < code > < a
638+ alternative style sheets, then this attribute (and the < code > < a
635639 href ="#stylesheet "> StyleSheet</ a > </ code > interface's
636640 < code > disabled</ code > attribute) < em class =ct > must</ em > return and set
637641 the value for the default view.</ p >
@@ -691,8 +695,8 @@ <h3 id=the-documentstyle><span class=secno>2.3. </span>The <code><a
691695 Title matches < em class =ct > must</ em > be < span > case-sensitive</ span > .</ p >
692696
693697 < p > Invoking this method with the empty string value < em
694- class =ct > must</ em > disable all alternate and preferred style sheets (but
695- does not change the state of persistent style sheets).</ p >
698+ class =ct > must</ em > disable all alternative and preferred style sheets
699+ (but does not change the state of persistent style sheets).</ p >
696700
697701 < p > Invoking this method with the < code > null</ code > value < em
698702 class =ct > must</ em > have no effect.</ p >
@@ -762,7 +766,7 @@ <h4 id=adding><span class=secno>2.5.1. </span>Adding style sheets</h4>
762766
763767 < p > First, if the style sheet is a preferred style sheet (it < a
764768 href ="#style-sheet-title " title ="have a title "> has a title</ a > , but is not
765- marked as alternate ), and there is no current preferred style sheet (the
769+ marked as alternative ), and there is no current preferred style sheet (the
766770 < code > < a
767771 href ="#documentstyle-preferredStyleSheetSet "> preferredStyleSheetSet</ a > </ code >
768772 attribute is equal to the empty string) then the < code > < a
@@ -796,10 +800,10 @@ <h4 id=changing><span class=secno>2.5.2. </span>Changing the preferred
796800 style sheet set</ h4 >
797801
798802 < p > The first time the < span > preferred style sheet</ span > set is set, which
799- is either before any alternate style sheets are seen (e.g. using a
803+ is either before any alternative style sheets are seen (e.g. using a
800804 < code > Default-Style</ code > HTTP header), or is the first time a titled,
801- non-alternate style sheet is seen (in the absence of information to the
802- contrary, the first titled non-alternate sheet sets the name of the
805+ non-altenrative style sheet is seen (in the absence of information to the
806+ contrary, the first titled non-alternative sheet sets the name of the
803807 preferred set), the < code > < a
804808 href ="#documentstyle-preferredStyleSheetSet "> preferredStyleSheetSet</ a > </ code >
805809 attribute's value < em class =ct > must</ em > be set to the name of that
@@ -926,10 +930,10 @@ <h4 id=persisting><span class=secno>2.6.1. </span>Persisting the selected
926930
927931 < h3 id =forward > < span class =secno > 2.7. </ span > Forward compatibility</ h3 >
928932
929- < p > Future versions of CSS may introduce ways of having alternate style
933+ < p > Future versions of CSS may introduce ways of having alternative style
930934 sheets declared at levels lower than the top level, i.e. embedded within
931935 other style sheets. Implementations of this specification that also
932- support this proposed declaration of alternate style sheets are expected
936+ support this proposed declaration of alternative style sheets are expected
933937 to perform depth-first traversals of the < code > < a
934938 href ="#documentstyle-stylesheets "> styleSheets</ a > </ code > list, not simply
935939 enumerations of the < code > < a
@@ -2957,7 +2961,7 @@ <h2 class=no-num id=acknowledgements>Acknowledgements</h2>
29572961 < li > Tarquin Wilton-Jones
29582962 </ ul >
29592963 <!-- Additional thanks to Ian Hickson for writing the initial version of the
2960- alternate style sheets API, canonicalization rules and proposals for
2964+ alternative style sheets API, canonicalization rules and proposals for
29612965 "author-friendly" interfaces. -->
29622966
29632967 < p > Also many thanks to the Windows Internet Explorer team for first
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