Version with consensus from the i18n wg (telecon May 18):

Sec. 2.2.3.1 "The operation tree is then normalized ...": Please give a unique
term to the different form of normalizations you are addressing, e.g. "operation
tree normaliztation". There are many different normalizations in this series of
specifications, like operation tree normalization in this section, white space
normalization (sec. 3.10.2, 4c), Character normalization (Charmod, NFC etc.),
normalization as described in the formal semantics document, sec. 3.2.1, point
3, and sequence normalization as described in the serialization specification,
sec. 2. These should be very clearly distinguished and labeled. A section which
summarizes the various kinds of normalization would be helpful.

Felix,
This comment was discussed jointly by the Query and XSLT working groups on May 
19, 2005. The working groups believe that each usage of the term "normalize" in 
our documents is made clear by the context in which it appears. The working 
groups decided not to make any changes to the XPath and XQuery documents in 
response to this comment.

Please let us know whether you find this resolution to be acceptable.

Regards,
Don Chamberlin (for the Query and XSLT working groups)

(In reply to comment #2)
> Felix,
> This comment was discussed jointly by the Query and XSLT working groups on May 
> 19, 2005. The working groups believe that each usage of the term "normalize" in 
> our documents is made clear by the context in which it appears. The working 
> groups decided not to make any changes to the XPath and XQuery documents in 
> response to this comment.
> 
> Please let us know whether you find this resolution to be acceptable.
> 

consensus of the i18n-core wg (telecon 28 June 2005):
We accept your resolution and regard this comment as closed.
Regards, Felix Sasaki