This word keeps coming up, and its definition doesn't really explain how it was used. This one does, though, per MDN Web-docs: > Software specification often contain information marked as **non-normative** or _informative_, which is provided to help readers understand the specification better, or to show an example or best practice. **Non-normative parts of the specification are provided as guidelines, and are not considered part of the formal specification.** Sections that contain the official part of the specification are often marked as normative. **** # More ## Source - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Non-normative ## Related - [[UAF]]