Appropriate Phase for Conversions - JSF 1.1 Spec. Contradiction?

Question

It seems that the JSF 1.1 Specification has contradictions:
From Section "3.3.2 Converter" it reads:
+This method [getAsObject] is used to convert the presentation view of a component’s value+
+(typically a String that was received as a request parameter) into the corresponding+
+model view. It is called during the Apply Request Values phase of the request+
processing lifecycle.
Then there's there's this quote from Section "2.2.2 Apply Request Values":
Components that implement EditableValueHolder (such as UIInput), and
whose immediate property is set to true, will cause the conversion and
validation processing (including the potential to fire ValueChangeEvent events)
+that normally happens during Process Validations phase to occur during Apply+
Request Values phase instead.
How can it be that conversion "normally happens during Process Validations phase"
when a converter's getAsObject method is called called "during the Apply Request Values
phase?"
In practice, using the Sun RI and without any immediate flags being set, it happens
in the Process Validations phase.
BeforePhase: RESTORE_VIEW 1
AfterPhase: RESTORE_VIEW 1
BeforePhase: APPLY_REQUEST_VALUES 2
AfterPhase: APPLY_REQUEST_VALUES 2
BeforePhase: PROCESS_VALIDATIONS 3
-----UpperNameConverter.getAsObject() called for name
-----making a new CustomerSearchBean
-----lettersOnlyValidator() called for name
-----CustomerSearchBean.getName() called
AfterPhase: PROCESS_VALIDATIONS 3
BeforePhase: UPDATE_MODEL_VALUES 4
Am I missing something or is the specification contradicting itself?

Answer 1

The description of Std HTML Renderkit (8.5 ) as well as the Std HTML tag library will be updated by the next release. In the mean time, please refer to the TLD. Sorry for the confusion if any.
-Jayashri