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Re: RFC2119 Keywords

2002-02-15 08:50:03
At 11:39 PM 2002-02-14, Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu wrote:

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT",
  "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be
  interpreted as described in RFC 2119.


So I'd say "if you mean the 2119 meaning, use ALL CAPS".

I think the source of confusing is the statement "These words
are often capitalized" in RFC 2119.  This implies that the words
have the same meaning when NOT capitalized.

Kurt



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