[rfc-i] normative illustrations vs text

[Iljitsch van Beijnum]

On 27 Apr 2012, at 10:45 , Larry Masinter wrote:

> disagree: assigning a precedence weakens the motivation for insuring equivalence, makes an arbitrary choice when either could be wrong, and has no benefit if the rules are firm. If the rules aren't firm, why bother talking about rules?

There's also the question of completeness. Not everything that can be expressed in text can be expressed as an image. Not sure to what degree that's true the other way around.