Hi -
From: "Dave Crocker" <dhc2(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net>
To: "IETF Discussion" <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: SHOULD vs MUST case sensitivity
...
English is not case sensitive.
Not so. Case has long been used for emphasis in environments
lacking other typographical means, such as bolding, underlining,
or italicization.
RFC 2119 does not specify case sensitivity.
Agreed. I was long of the opinion that capitalizing the magic words
when used in their specialized RFC 2119 senses was overkill. Though I
still think it should not be necessary, I've seen enough cases where
people failed to correctly disambiguate, and thus conclude that authors
and editors SHOULD employ the case distinction.
Randy
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