--- a/spec/latest/json-ld-api/index.html	Sat Aug 11 10:04:01 2012 -0700
+++ b/spec/latest/json-ld-api/index.html	Tue Aug 14 18:07:27 2012 +0200
@@ -1093,11 +1093,6 @@
 <section>
   <h2>Algorithm Terms</h2>
   <dl>
-    <dt><tdef>initial context</tdef></dt>
-    <dd>
-      a context that is specified to the algorithm before processing begins. The contents of the
-      initial context is defined in <a href="#appendix-a">Appendix A</a>.
-    </dd>
     <dt><tdef>active subject</tdef></dt>
     <dd>
       the currently active subject that the processor should use when
@@ -1173,10 +1168,9 @@
   <h2 id="context">Context Processing</h2>
   <p>Processing of JSON-LD data structure is managed recursively.
     During processing, each rule is applied using information provided by the <tref>active context</tref>.
-    Processing begins by pushing a new <tref>processor state</tref> onto the <tref>processor state</tref> stack and
-    initializing the <tref>active context</tref> with the <tref>initial context</tref>.
-    If a <tref>local context</tref> is encountered,
-    information from the <tref>local context</tref> is merged into the <tref>active context</tref>.</p>
+    Processing begins by pushing a new <tref>processor state</tref> onto the <tref>processor state</tref> stack.
+    If a <tref>local context</tref> is encountered, information from the <tref>local context</tref> is merged
+    into the <tref>active context</tref>.</p>
   <p>The <tref>active context</tref> is used for expanding properties and values of a <tref>JSON object</tref> (or elements
     of an array) using a <tdef>term mapping</tdef>. It is also used to maintain
     <tdef>coercion mapping</tdef>s from terms to datatypes, <tdef>language mapping</tdef>s from terms to language codes,
@@ -1190,8 +1184,7 @@
     <li>Create a new, empty <tref>local context</tref>.</li>
     <li>Let <em>context</em> be the value of <code>@context</code>
       <ol class="algorithm">
-        <li id="process-context">If <em>context</em> equals <tref>null</tref>, reset the <tref>active context</tref>
-          to the <tref>initial context</tref>.</li>
+        <li id="process-context">If <em>context</em> equals <tref>null</tref>, clear the <tref>active context</tref>.</li>
         <li>If <em>context</em> is an <tref>array</tref>, process each element as <em>context</em> in order
           by starting at <a href="#process-context">Step 2.1</a>.</li>
         <li>If <em>context</em> is a <tref>string</tref>, it MUST have a lexical form of <tref>absolute IRI</tref>.
@@ -1550,13 +1543,13 @@
 <section>
 <h3>Expansion Algorithm</h3>
 
-<p>The algorithm takes three input variables: an <tref>active context</tref>,  an <tref>active property</tref>, and an <em>element</em> to be expanded. To
+<p>The algorithm takes three input variables: an <tref>active context</tref>,
+  an <tref>active property</tref>, and an <em>element</em> to be expanded. To
   begin, the <tref>active context</tref> is set to the result of performing, <a
   href="#context-processing">Context Processing</a> on the passed
-  <em>context</em>, or to the <tref>initial context</tref> if <em>context</em>
-  is <tref>null</tref>, <tref>active property</tref> is set to
-  <tref>null</tref>, and <em>element</em> is set to the <tref>JSON-LD
-  input</tref>.</p>
+  <em>context</em>, or empty if <em>context</em> is <tref>null</tref>,
+  <tref>active property</tref> is set to <tref>null</tref>, and
+  <em>element</em> is set to the <tref>JSON-LD input</tref>.</p>
 <ol class="algorithm">
   <li>If <em>element</em> is an <tref>array</tref>, process each entry in <em>element</em> recursively
     using this algorithm, passing copies of the <tref>active context</tref> and <tref>active property</tref>.
@@ -2271,14 +2264,6 @@
 
 </section>
 
-<section class="appendix" id="appendix-a">
-  <h1>Initial Context</h1>
-  <p class="issue" data-number="80">It is <a href="https://github.com/json-ld/json-ld.org/issues/80">still being
-    discussed</a> whether JSON-LD has the notion of an initial context or not. If JSON-LD has an
-    initial context, it MUST be specified external to the JSON-LD Syntax specification at a
-    well-known location.</p>
-</section>
-
 <section class="appendix">
 <h1>Acknowledgements</h1>
 

--- a/spec/latest/json-ld-framing/index.html	Sat Aug 11 10:04:01 2012 -0700
+++ b/spec/latest/json-ld-framing/index.html	Tue Aug 14 18:07:27 2012 +0200
@@ -576,11 +576,6 @@
 <section>
   <h2>Algorithm Terms</h2>
   <dl>
-    <dt><tdef>initial context</tdef></dt>
-    <dd>
-      a context that is specified to the algorithm before processing begins. The contents of the
-      initial context is defined in <a href="#appendix-b">Appendix B</a>.
-    </dd>
     <dt><tdef>active subject</tdef></dt>
     <dd>
       the currently active subject that the processor should use when
@@ -1149,23 +1144,6 @@
 
 </section>
 
-<section class="appendix" id="appendix-b">
-  <h1>Initial Context</h1>
-  <p>The <tref>initial context</tref> is defined with the following default entries:</p>
-<pre class="example" data-transform="updateExample">
-<!--
-{
-  "@context": {
-    "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type": { "@type": "@id"}
-  }
-}
--->
-</pre>
-  <p>Processors MUST act as if the initial context is defined in the outer-most level when processing
-    JSON-LD documents.</p>
-  <p class="issue">Should we define other default prefixes?</p>
-</section>
-
 <section class="appendix">
 <h1>Acknowledgements</h1>
 

--- a/spec/latest/json-ld-syntax/index.html	Sat Aug 11 10:04:01 2012 -0700
+++ b/spec/latest/json-ld-syntax/index.html	Tue Aug 14 18:07:27 2012 +0200
@@ -728,16 +728,13 @@
   rules associated with the previous definition are removed. A <tref>term</tref> defined
   in a previous context MUST be removed, if it is re-defined to <code>null</code>.</p>
 
-<p>
-  The set of contexts defined within a specific <tref>subject definition</tref> are
+<p>The set of contexts defined within a specific <tref>subject definition</tref> are
   referred to as <tdef>local context</tdef>s. Setting the context to <code>null</code>
-  effectively sets the <tref>local context</tref> to the initial context
-  (further explained in the JSON-LD API, Appendix A, Initial Context
-  [[JSON-LD-API]] ). The
-  <tdef>active context</tdef> refers to the accumulation of
-  <tref>local context</tref>s that are in scope at a specific point within
-  the document. The following example specifies an external context and then
-  layers a local context on top of the external context:</p>
+  effectively resets the <tref>local context</tref> to an empty context. The
+  <tdef>active context</tdef> refers to the accumulation of <tref>local context</tref>s
+  that are in scope at a specific point within the document. The following example
+  specifies an external context and then layers a local context on top of the external
+  context:</p>
 
 <pre class="example" data-transform="updateExample"
      title="External and local contexts">