[dsdl-discuss] Re: Reference implementations and ISO Specs

 From: "Francis Cave" <francis@franciscave.com>
 
> Does the reference implementation need to be 'normative' or simply
> informative? If the former, there may be problems, as XSLT is not an ISO
> standard.

RELAX NG includes many normative references to W3C specs, and Schematron
needs to add XPath and XSLT to them.

From "Resolutions of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 Meeting Barcelona 18-22 May 2002" at
http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0315res.htm is "Resolution 4: Normative references to non-ISO standards":

"SC34 recognizes that OASIS Standards, W3C Recommendations and IETF Standards Track Specifications have authoritative status and wide acceptance and are publicly available. Therefore, they may be cited normatively in SC34 Standards, in accordance with 6.2.2 of the ISO Directives Part 2 (4th ed.)."

However, it does not matter to me whether the reference implementation is normative
or informative, so I will make it informative unless some good reason arises.

Cheers
Rick

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