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Recently, as result of bug 24047 (for the @longdesc spec), the editors replaced "non-normative" with "informative" (plus added a link to the definition of "Informative". This came as a result of non-W3-members trying to read the spec, ending up confused by the fact that the *spec* emphasized that the text was "non-normative" unless it was explicitly stated that it was normative. I don't think Polyglot Markup has run into the same trap. But I still think it would be better to use the positive word "informative" rather than "non-normative". So suggest replacing "non-normative" with "informative", possibly with a link to a defiition. Check the bug 24047 and the longdesc spec to see exactly what they did.
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