On May 16, 2012, at 5:22 PM 5/16/12,
ned+ietf(_at_)mauve(_dot_)mrochek(_dot_)com wrote:
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119] when they
appear in ALL CAPS. These words may also appear in this document in
lower case as plain English words, absent their normative meanings.
i like this a lot
I agree. In fact I just incorporated it into the media types registration
update.
To be sure of meaning and help confusion avoidance, I would prefer that the key
words not appear in the document in lower case and that authors use the
suggested replacement words (or break out the thesaurus?).
- Ralph
Ned