Dave, you wrote:
> What does it mean, for a reference to be Normative or
> Non-Normative, in a non-normative document?
>
> Where is this explained for authors?
For short:
Rule #1, in one sentence:
If you need to read/understand/implement the ref in order to
fully understand/implement the new doc, the ref is Normative,
otherwise it is Informative.
(Corollary:
The target status is irrelevant for Normative vs. Informative.)
Rule #2: If an AD DISCUSSes otherwise, current IESG wisdom wins.
Since I assume the above sentences can be understood without
references, the following is Informative: :-)
See RFC 2223 and its updated version on the RFC Editor site,
"Instructions to Request for Comments (RFC) Authors",
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-editor/instructions2authors.txt
(in both documents: Section 2.7).
More RFC authoring info can be found via:
http://www.RFC-Editor.ORG/styleguide.html
For pecularities, also see the IESG statement of 19 Apr 2006:
http://www.IETF.ORG/iesg/statement/normative-informative.html
Kind regards,
Alfred Hönes.
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