Re: ACTION-206: Check whether we can include ontology alignments and fragments without proper implementation evidence in rec trac document but marked as non-normative (Spatial Data on the Web Working Group)

 From a W3C perspective, yes you can.

The rules are:
- if it's normative, you need to show evidence of implementation;
- implementation evidence is not required for non-normative sections of 
the doc, including extensions and alignments.

A reasonable expectation might be that across multiple implementations, 
all terms defined normatively were used multiple times. Individual 
implementations may then be the only example of use of non-normative 
terms and alignments. That then shows that the core is stable and well 
implemented, as well as being the useful basis for specific usage 
scenarios. In this case, saying "here's how you can align SSN with X" 
would be fine.

I leave it to Scott to comment on any delta between this and the OGC 
position.

HTH

Phil.

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