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normative

From QA Framework: Specification Guidelines (2005-08-17) | Glossary for this source

Text in a specification which is prescriptive or contains conformance requirements.
normative, informative

From User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2002-12-17) | Glossary for this source

What is identified as "normative" is required for conformance (noting that one may conform in a variety of well-defined ways to this document). What is identified as "informative" (sometimes, "non-normative") is never required for conformance.

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