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Re: Making RFC2119 key language easier to Protocol Readers

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> Sat, 05 January 2013 08:43 UTC

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Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:43:31 +0100
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
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Subject: Re: Making RFC2119 key language easier to Protocol Readers
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On Sat, 5 Jan 2013, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:

> Otherwise I think there needs to be better definition of what it means 
> to "implement" or "support" an RFC when it comes to completness and what 
> this means as per following SHOULD and MAY.

Also what it means following things in it that is not RFC2119 language.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se

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