What does "without commitment and often without formal attribution" mean? I'm not sure about the meanings of commitment and attribution. My guess is that "commitment" refers to "responsibility" and that "attribution" refers to revealing who wrote the non-paper. Is this correct understanding? "In diplomatic parlance, a non-paper is a written proposal or set of ideas put forward informally, without commitment and often without formal attribution, as a way of engendering discussion or suggesting a basis for negotiation."