====== GPR-016 — Avoidance of Normative Implementation Descriptions ======

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===== Statement =====

The Submission SHOULD NOT include implementation-specific descriptions as normative specification content.

===== Requirement Level =====

Recommended

===== Rationale =====

Implementation-specific descriptions can unintentionally constrain otherwise valid implementations or cause readers to interpret an example implementation as a conformance requirement.

A Submission may include implementation examples, guidance, and explanatory material when they improve understanding. Such material should be clearly identified as nonnormative and should not restrict alternative conforming implementations.

===== Evaluation Criteria =====

A Submission satisfying this recommendation demonstrates that:

* Normative specification content defines required behavior, responsibilities, interfaces, constraints, and conformance conditions without prescribing implementation internals
* Implementation-specific descriptions are omitted from normative clauses unless necessary to satisfy an applicable requirement
* Implementation examples are clearly identified as nonnormative
* No example is presented as the only permitted implementation approach
* Any departure from this recommendation is identified and justified

===== Referenced By =====

{{backlinks>public:00-sip-ra:99-annexes:annex-c-requirements:gpr-016-avoidance-of-normative-implementation-descriptions}}

===== Notes for Editors =====

This requirement uses ''SHOULD NOT'' and is therefore a recommendation rather than an absolute prohibition.

Informative implementation examples remain permitted when they are clearly distinguished from normative specification content.

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