Java Specs with (normative) references to other specifications

[Kevin Looney <Kevin.T.Looney@Sun.COM>]

Hello everyone,

Here is a "real world" specification (in the Java World) called MSA  
(JSR248).  MSA is a specification for a software stack for Java Mobile 
wireless devices.  This is an example of an Umbrella specification with 
normative references to component specifications.   

Please look at the following:

Page 8-9:  index of normative references (to component specifications)


Page 17: Normative references
       This is very explicit normative reference to all component 
specifications.  It also describes compliance  for the umbrella 
specification.


Page 18-20, : optionality
      Though the current thinking is that "conditionality" is too 
advanced for our TAG recommendation, here is a real-world example of 
it.  This section describes the optionality (mandatory, optional, 
conditional) of the components - that is, whether an API set must be 
implemented.


Example of a normative statement referring to implementation of a 
specification
Section 6.1, page 21:

"The MSA Specification uses the J2ME Connected Limited Device 
Configuration version 1.1 (CLDC 1.1) as the minimum required Java ME 
configuration."


Hopefully this will serve as a better model for real-world examples, 
rather than conjured TAs.

Regards,
Kevin L

JSR 248 Specification v1.00 (FR).pdf