Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

> 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?).
Preferring it is one thing; I'm OK with that. Making it some sort of
hard-and-fast rule is another matter entirely. We have too many of those
as it is.

                                Ned