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Re: SHOULD and RECOMMENDED

2013-06-25 10:52:59
Scott Brim <scott dot brim at gmail dot com> wrote:

2119 overrides anything you might think you know about what words
mean.

and Dave Cridland <dave at cridland dot net> wrote:

If a document explicitly states that the term "RECOMMENDED" is to
be interpreted as in RFC 2119, then that really is the only
interpretation, and RFC 2119 does then become the only source of
consequence. This is beyond personal opinions.

Documents that intend these magic words to have their RFC 2119 meanings
include boilerplate text:

"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 RFC 2119."

If a document wants to impart different meaning to one or more of the
words, wouldn't a simple list of the exceptions, immediately following
the boilerplate, solve the problem?

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