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Re: About "Normative References"

• To: collin@s...
• Subject: Re: About "Normative References"
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:01:57 -0400
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• Organization: BAH
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The term "normative" relates to a technical specification/standard in
that in order to be fully compliant with the specification, one
(usually) needs to comply with the normative section(s) of the
specification. Non-normative sections are often included as usage
examples and the like.

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

collin@s... wrote:
> 
> What does the "normative references" mean? Does the "normative" specially refer to the standards made by W3C and other organizations (like ISO, ITEF, etc. )?
> 
> Collin

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