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Subject: Re: Normative vs. Non-normative references
Hi Patrick, Thanks for asking. The OASIS TC Process is pretty clear on this. Section 2.18, Work Product Quality reads: "(3) References. A Work Product that is approved by the TC at any level must clearly indicate whether each reference in the Work Product to a document or artifact is a Normative Reference." And that has been operationally interpreted to mean that all references made in the document must be collected into a Normative and Non-Normative references section, typically at the beginning of the document. So indeed, if references are made throughout the specification, then they need to be collected into the Normative and Non-Normative sections of the specification. Please let me know if you have any other questions on this. Best regards, /chet On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote: > Chet, > > We are nearing a final version of the ICOM document and a question has > arisen about the normative vs. non-normative references section. > > We have a number of references, mostly to RFCs, in the document that do not > appear in either the normative or non-normative section of the document. > > The TC has discussed whether all the references (RFCs or not) need to appear > either as normative or non-normative references without reaching a consensus > position. > > Can you give us some guidance on whether references must all be accounted > for (as in appear in) the normative or non-normative section of an OASIS > committee document? > > Thanks! > > Hope you are having a great week! > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick Durusau > patrick@durusau.net > Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 > Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) > Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 > Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps) > OASIS Technical Advisory Board (TAB) - member > > Another Word For It (blog): http://tm.durusau.net > Homepage: http://www.durusau.net > Twitter: patrickDurusau > -- /chet ---------------- Chet Ensign Director of Standards Development and TC Administration OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org Primary: +1 973-378-3472 Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 Follow OASIS on: LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open
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