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Make example match address's definition
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Fixes #2693.
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annevk committed Jan 28, 2018
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<p class="example">For example, it is not conforming to use an <code>address</code> element for
arbitrary contact information; that element can only be used for marking up contact information
for the author of the document or section. However, since an authoring tool is likely unable to
determine the difference, an authoring tool is exempt from that requirement. This does not mean,
though, that authoring tools can use <code>address</code> elements for any block of italics text
(for instance); it just means that the authoring tool doesn't have to verify that when the user
uses a tool for inserting contact information for a section, that the user really is doing that
and not inserting something else instead.</p>
for its nearest <code>article</code> or <code>body</code> element ancestor. However, since an
authoring tool is likely unable to determine the difference, an authoring tool is exempt from
that requirement. This does not mean, though, that authoring tools can use <code>address</code>
elements for any block of italics text (for instance); it just means that the authoring tool
doesn't have to verify that when the user uses a tool for inserting contact information for an
<code>article</code> element, that the user really is doing that and not inserting something
else instead.</p>

<p class="note">In terms of conformance checking, an editor has to output documents that conform
to the same extent that a conformance checker will verify.</p>
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