Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-vcarddav-webdav-mkcol-05

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

Spencer Dawkins wrote:
> ...
> 3.  WebDAV extended MKCOL
> 
>   The WebDAV MKCOL request is extended to allow the inclusion of a
>   request body.  The request body is an XML document containing a
>   single DAV:mkcol XML element as the root element.  The Content-Type
> 
> Spencer (minor): if I'm reading this paragraph correctly, I'd suggest 
> "The request body is an XML document that MUST contain a single 
> DAV:mkcol XML element as the root element" here - the last sentence in 
> this paragraph makes me think the requirement is normative, but it 
> doesn't look normative to 2119 scanners :-)
> ...

-0.5

As far as I can tell, it is a myth that things can only be normative 
when using RFC 2119 keywords. As a matter of fact, RFC 2119 points out:

6. Guidance in the use of these Imperatives

    Imperatives of the type defined in this memo must be used with care
    and sparingly.  In particular, they MUST only be used where it is
    actually required for interoperation or to limit behavior which has
    potential for causing harm (e.g., limiting retransmisssions)  For
    example, they must not be used to try to impose a particular method
    on implementors where the method is not required for
    interoperability.


So I'd prefer document authors to be more conservative in using those 
terms...

BR, Julian