[Bug 24047] Define or link to a definition of the word "non-normative" and possibly the word "normative"

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24047

--- Comment #4 from Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Leif Halvard Silli from comment #1)
> The phrase ”non-normative“ is standard vocabulary in w3c specs. For instance
> the ReSpec spec production tool inserts the phrase “This section is
> non-normative“ just beneath the heading of sections that are not normative.

WCAG 2.0 uses the word "Informative". And they define the term as well as
"normative"
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#informativedef
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#normativedef

It might be clearer and worth considering replacing "non-normative" with the
word "informative" and link to the WCAG 2.0 definitions.

btw, Ian wrote some useful info on the kinds of statements in specs. He used
the phrase: "Informative descriptions".
http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1140242962&count=1

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