Text in a specification which is prescriptive or contains conformance requirements.
Relating to, or deriving from, moral or ethical standards.
giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
Relating to ideas which set out how we should live and act morally.
Relating or conforming to, or prescribing norms or ethical standards. That which is regulative of human conduct.
Criteria that must be satisfied for conformance with a given specification.
Criteria that must be satisfied in order to conform to a given standard, guideline, or specification. See also informative.
Throughout this document we refer to several "non-normative" examples. These are included to help readers understand concepts. Normative items are prescriptions for what must/should/may be done to create accessible content.
relating to ethical rules; in foreign policy and international affairs, standards suggesting that a policy should be (9)
Required for conformance.
Normative behavior is that which relates to, conforms to, or determines the norm or standard. Social norms marketing campaigns send the message that not smoking is, in fact, the normative behavior among college students.
Normative has specialized meanings in several academic disciplines. Generically, it means relating to a typical standard or model.