Merge pull request #1713 from chef/dr/docs-impact

describe the value ranges of `impact`
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* `'sshd-8'` is the name of the control
* `impact`, `title`, and `desc` define metadata that fully describes the importance of the control, its purpose, with a succinct and complete description
* `impact` is an float that measures the importance of the compliance results and must be a value between `0.0` and `1.0`.
* `impact` is an float that measures the importance of the compliance results and must be a value between `0.0` and `1.0`. The value ranges are:
* `0.0 to <0.4` these are controls with minor criticality
* `0.4 to <0.7` these are controls with major criticality
* `0.7 to 1.0` these are critical controls
* `tag` is optional meta-information with with key or key-value pairs
* `ref` is a reference to an external document
* `describe` is a block that contains at least one test. A `control` block must contain at least one `describe` block, but may contain as many as required