MAY != SHOULD
The text is as follows: "The name SHOULD be fully qualified whenever
possible". If the working group would like a RFC 2119 SHOULD it
would help if there is an explanation in the sentence for the reader
weigh the implications of not following that.
My knee-jerk reaction is to use MUST. Partially-qualified domain names
are ambiguous at best.
that is a separate issue
Similarly, "wherever possible" is unhelpful; if it's not possible to
fully-qualify a domain name then ambiguity is guaranteed.
no, that is what SHOLD means. e.g. when i write docco that has an ops
clause where there is likely a knob or other op choice, i do not think
i have the prerogative to tell the op how they MUST run their network.
but i can say that they SHOULD do x.
randy