[Bug 5150] unclear if some prose is normative or non-normative

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5150

           Summary: unclear if some prose is normative or non-normative
           Product: XML Schema
           Version: 1.1 only
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Structures: XSD Part 1
        AssignedTo: cmsmcq@w3.org
        ReportedBy: johnarwe@us.ibm.com
         QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org


1.5 does not set an explicit default that all text is normative unless
otherwise stated, as far as I can see, but this could be read to be the
underlying intent.  It does call out certain cases, like examples and notes,
that are non-normative and some others that are normative.

This baseline expectation needs to be stated, especially in light of the fact
that particular sections are also marked (both!) normative and non-normative in
their titles, while others are coy about their normative state.  Compare for
example sections 1, 3, Appendix A, Appendix I.  In the absence of some explicit
statement, it appears that I could pick and choose what is normative across a
non-trivial swath of text.

Received on Monday, 8 October 2007 17:31:00 UTC