Normative and non-normative references

Dear TC members:

In order to make the DITA 1.2 spec compliant with the OASIS template,
we need to add topics about normative and non-normative references.
Accordingly, I am asking active TC members to consider what we want to
add to the specification. Here is what we have currently:

Normative references:

S. Bradner, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels,
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt, IETF RFC 2119, March 1997.

Non-normative references:

None

If you want to look at what sort of
references other OASIS specifications contain, you can view a complete
list of OASIS specification at http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/ . Be
sure and scroll down to the table, so that you can make sure that you
are looking at specifications that have been approved recently (2008 or
later).

Here are links directly to the normative reference sections in some
relevant other OASIS specs:

Docbook:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/specs/docbook-5.0-spec-os.html#normative.refs

UIMA:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/uima/v1.0/os/uima-spec-os.html#_Toc205201035

Best,

Kris

Kristen James Eberlein

Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee

www.eberleinconsulting.com

+1 919 682-2290; keberlein (skype)