From b93f78c2f18f8d5d306bec399fb7881f92d2dd7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:25:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify language in multibase datatype section.

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@ivan-herman.net>
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 index.html | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 55cd6812..dd4188b0 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1992,9 +1992,7 @@ <h4 id="cryptosuiteString">The `cryptosuiteString` Datatype</h3>
           <h4 id="multibase">The `multibase` Datatype</h3>
 
           <p>
-This specification encodes binary data into [[?MULTIBASE]]-encoded strings,
-which is useful in environments that cannot represent some binary values, such
-as ASCII-only data formats. In environments that support data types
+[[?MULTIBASE]]-encoded strings are used to encode binary data into ASCII-only format, useful in environments that cannot directly represent binary values. This specification makes use of this encoding. In environments that support data types
 for string values, such as RDF [[?RDF-CONCEPTS]], [[?MULTIBASE]]-encoded
 content is indicated using a literal value whose datatype is set to
 `https://w3id.org/security#multibase`.
@@ -2017,13 +2015,13 @@ <h4 id="multibase">The `multibase` Datatype</h3>
             </dd>
             <dt>The value space</dt>
             <dd>
-Any arbitrary binary data value.
+An arbitrary binary data value.
             </dd>
             <dt>The lexical-to-value mapping</dt>
             <dd>
 Any element of the lexical space is mapped to the value space by base-decoding
 the value based on the base-decoding alphabet associated with the
-first character in the lexical string.
+first  [[?MULTIBASE]] character in the lexical string.
             </dd>
             <dt>The canonical mapping</dt>
             <dd>