[Petal] XIncludes problem and question

[Kurt Stephens]

----- Original Message -----
From: "William McKee" <william at knowmad.com>
To: "Kurt Stephens" <kstep at pepsdesign.com>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Petal] XIncludes problem and question


>
> What is a NON-NORMATIVE description?  WordNet defines it as "not based
> on a norm." Do mean you've paraphrased the specs?
>

Just an lame attempt at humor at the expense of the W3C from someone who's
spent way too much time trying to fathom their specs.  According to the
Whatis
dictionary at http://whatis.techtarget.com:

In information technology standards, normative parts of a standard are those
that
specify what implementors should conform to and non-normative parts consist
of
examples, extended explanations, and other matter not dealing directly with
the
specifications.