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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 16 May 2012 14:39 UTC

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>    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 [RFC2119] when they
>    appear in ALL CAPS.  These words may also appear in this document in
>    lower case as plain English words, absent their normative meanings.

i like this a lot

randy

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