On 3/28/16 09:09, Barry Leiba wrote:
Ah. Then perhaps the clarification needs to go a little further and
make this clear:
- We're defining specific terms that specifications can use.
+1
- These terms are always capitalized when these definitions are used.
+1
- You don't have to use them. If you do, they're capitalized and
their meanings are as specified here.
+1
- There are similar-looking English words that are not capitalized,
and they have their normal English meanings; this document has nothing
to do with them.
Yes. This. This, this, this, a million times, this. If we published a
document that said only this, it would be a huge net win for the community.
...and I'd like to add one more, because so many people think that
text isn't normative unless it has 2119 key words in all caps in it:
- Normative text doesn't require the use of these key words. They're
used for clarity and consistency when you want that, but lots of
normative text doesn't need to use them, and doesn't use them.
+1
If there's anything I can do to help, Barry, please reach out to me.
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