@@ -460,8 +460,11 @@ <h3 id="urls">
460460 the absolute location of a resource, authors should use relative URIs.
461461 Relative URIs (as defined in [[!URI]]) are resolved to full URIs
462462 using a base URI. RFC 3986, section 3, defines the normative
463- algorithm for this process. For CSS style sheets, the base URI is that
464- of the style sheet, not that of the source document.
463+ algorithm for this process.
464+ For CSS style sheets, the base URI is that of the style sheet itself,
465+ which is not necessarily that of the source document.
466+ Style sheets embedded within a document must use
467+ the base URL associated with their container.
465468
466469 < p > When a < i > <url> </ i > appears in the computed value of a property,
467470 it is resolved to an absolute URL, as described in the preceding
@@ -1852,6 +1855,7 @@ <h2 class="no-num" id="changes">Changes</h2>
18521855 < li > Relaxed unnecessary restrictions on < var > <custom-ident> </ var > .
18531856 Require specs referencing it to be clear about excluded keywords,
18541857 because the new rule isn't as simple.
1858+ < li > Clarified relative URL resolution for embedded style sheets.
18551859 </ ul >
18561860
18571861 < p > Changes since the < a href ="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-css3-values-20120828/ "> 28 August 2012 Candidate Recommendation</ a > are:
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