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       <p>
         To associate documents of a web application with a manifest, this
         specification defines the <code>manifest</code> link type as a
-        declarative means for a document to be associated with a manifest
-        (either directly in a HTML document or over the wire using
-        [[RFC5988]]).
+        declarative means for a document to be associated with a manifest.
       </p>
     </section>
     <section id="sotd">