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ISSUE: Björn Höhrmann has raised an important issue about the way normative references are given and their implications on the normativity of the specification itself. An short abstract of the issue can be foreseen as: When making a normative reference, you need to see how future versions of the said specification may affect your own document Address the way you "use" the conformance model of the referred specification The QA WG is still discussing the issue. You are welcome to participate on the QA IG Mailing list (www- qa@w3.org publicly archived), but read first this two mail threads: B3 list of normative and non-normative references http://www.w3.org/mid/6.0.0.22.2.20040819154645.01c4e558@wsxg03.nist.gov Björn's Issue http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2004Jul/0018
RESOLVED: The WG has added a good practice on normative references, insisting on the aspects that need consideration when making such a decision.
setting version to LC in case of future use