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reset buttons [w3.org]: When activated, a reset button resets all controls to their initial values [w3.org].
Each control has both an initial value and a current value, both of which are character strings. Please consult the definition of each control for information about initial values and possible constraints on values imposed by the control. In general, a control's "initial value" may be specified with the control element's value attribute.
Basically what it says is that when you press reset it returns the form to the state at which user loaded it. If user loaded a form and it was already filled out (sticky) then if user modifies it and presses reset then it will return to the values it was loaded to, not to blank values (unless it was loaded with blank values).