Re: Normative vs. Non-normative references

[Chet Ensign <chet.ensign@oasis-open.org>]

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
>
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/chet
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