Removed the word "normative" except in the phrase "normative references". ISSUE-70
And removed a waffly statement of what the team might require for errata.
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+++ b/tr.html Fri Dec 06 09:47:59 2013 +0100
@@ -308,21 +308,21 @@
class="rfc2119">should</em> include the reasons why the change in
expectations comes at so late a stage.</dd>
<dt><a name="RecsW3C" id="RecsW3C">W3C Recommendation (REC)</a></dt>
- <dd>A W3C Recommendation is a specification or set of normative guidelines
- that, after extensive consensus-building, has received the endorsement
- of W3C Members and the Director. W3C recommends the wide deployment of
- its Recommendations as standards for the Web.</dd>
+ <dd>A W3C Recommendation is a specification or set of guidelines or
+ requirements that, after extensive consensus-building, has received the
+ endorsement of W3C Members and the Director. W3C recommends the wide
+ deployment of its Recommendations as standards for the Web.</dd>
<dt><a name="WGNote" id="WGNote">Working Group Note, Interest Group Note
(NOTE) </a></dt>
<dd>A Working Group Note or Interest Group Note is published by a
chartered Working Group or Interest Group to provide a stable reference
- for a document that is not intended to be a normative specification, but
- is nevertheless useful. Examples include supporting documents such as
- Use case and Requirements documents, Design Principles that explain what
- the Working Group was trying to achieve with a specification, or 'Good
- Practices" documents. A Working Group <em class="rfc2119">may</em> also
- publish a specification as a Note if they stop work without producing a
- Recommendation. A Working Group or Interest Group <em class="rfc2119">may</em>
+ for a document that is not intended to be a specification requiring
+ conformance, but is nevertheless useful. Examples include supporting
+ documents such as Use case and Requirements documents, Design Principles
+ that explain what the Working Group was trying to achieve with a
+ specification, or 'Good Practices" documents. A Working Group <em class="rfc2119">may</em>
+ also publish a specification as a Note if they stop work without
+ producing a Recommendation. A Working Group or Interest Group <em class="rfc2119">may</em>
publish a Note with or without its prior publication as a Working Draft.</dd>
<dt><a name="RescindedRec" id="RescindedRec">Rescinded Recommendation</a></dt>
<dd>A Rescinded Recommendation is an entire Recommendation that W3C no
@@ -655,8 +655,8 @@
Group Note</a></h3>
<p>Working Groups and Interest Groups publish material that is not a formal
specification as Notes. This may include supporting documentation for a
- specification, such as requirements, use cases, non-normative good
- practices and the like.</p>
+ specification, such as requirements, use cases, good practices and the
+ like.</p>
<p>Work on a technical report <em class="rfc2119">may</em> cease at any
time. Work <em class="rfc2119 new">should</em> cease if W3C or a Working
Group determines that it cannot productively carry the work any further.
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
Policy</a> [<a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/refs.html#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>].</p>
<h3>7.6 <a name="rec-modify" id="rec-modify">Modifying a W3C Recommendation</a></h3>
<p>The following sections discuss the management of errors and the process
- for making normative changes to a Recommendation.</p>
+ for making changes to a Recommendation.</p>
<h4>7.6.1 <a name="errata" id="errata">Errata Management</a></h4>
<p>Tracking errors is an important part of a Working Group's ongoing care of
a Recommendation; for this reason, the scope of a Working Group charter
@@ -708,14 +708,12 @@
see the Team's <a href="http://www.w3.org/Guide/pubrules">Publication
Rules</a>.</p>
<p>A correction is first "proposed" by the Working Group. A correction
- becomes normative by the process described below.</p>
+ becomes part of the Recommendation by the process described below.</p>
<p>A Working Group <span class="rfc2119">should</span> keep their errata
pages up-to-date, as errors are reported by readers and implementers. A
Working Group <span class="rfc2119">must</span> report errata page
- changes to interested parties, notably when corrections are proposed or
- become normative, according to the Team's requirements. For instance, the
- Team might set up a mailing list per Recommendation where a Working Group
- reports changes to an errata page.</p>
+ changes to interested parties, notably when corrections are proposed or incorporated
+ into an Edited Recommendation, according to the Team's requirements.</p>
<h4>7.6.2 <a name="correction-classes" id="correction-classes">Classes of
Changes to a Recommendation</a></h4>
<p>This document distinguishes the following classes of changes to a