Re: WGLC: SHOULD and conformance

[Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>]

That works for me too.

On 30/04/2013, at 6:13 PM, Roy T. Fielding <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I don't believe that suggested text is consistent with RFC2119.
> 
> In fact, the existing second sentence is just wrong (there is no
> need for documented exceptions), so let's just delete it.
> The existing first sentence is fine.
> 
> ....Roy
> 
> On Apr 29, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> 
>> Up until now, we've had this to say about the status of SHOULDs regarding conformance (p1, "Conformance and Error Handling):
>> 
>>> An implementation is considered conformant if it complies with all of the requirements associated with the roles it partakes in HTTP. Note that SHOULD-level requirements are relevant here, unless one of the documented exceptions is applicable.
>> 
>> After reviewing the specs (and taking in account the misused SHOULDs and those I think should be stronger, see previous messages), I believe that ALL of the remaining SHOULDs in the set are NOT relevant to conformance, but instead  represent implementation guidance. 
>> 
>> So, I propose we change the text above in p1 to:
>> 
>> """
>> An implementation is considered conformant if it complies with all of the MUST-level requirements associated with the roles it partakes in HTTP. Note that SHOULD-level requirements are relevant to conformance, but do not formally impact it; instead, they represent implementation guidance.
>> """
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> --
>> Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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