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Re: MUST/SHOULD and related terminology

2002-08-21 10:11:13
At 02:35 PM 8/21/2002 +0900, Martin Duerst wrote:
I seem to remember that there is also some terminology
for implementations, in particular some terms for
1) implementations that do all the MUSTs, but not necessarily more
2) implementations that do all the MUSTs and all the SHOULDs

per RFC 1122:

         An implementation is not compliant if it fails to satisfy one
         or more of the MUST requirements for the protocols it
         implements.  An implementation that satisfies all the MUST and
         all the SHOULD requirements for its protocols is said to be
         "unconditionally compliant"; one that satisfies all the MUST
         requirements but not all the SHOULD requirements for its
         protocols is said to be "conditionally compliant".