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Re: SHOULD vs MUST case sensitivity

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Fri, 27 June 2008 18:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: SHOULD vs MUST case sensitivity
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Dave Crocker wrote:
> Eric Gray wrote:
>>> (By the way, I hope folks are clear that IETF use of these words as
>> normative
>>> does not depend upon the case that is used?)
>>
>> This is NOT true.  These terms are explicitly defined in all capital 
>> letters
>> to make it possible to distinguish when they are being used as 
>> normative and
>> when they are not.
> 
> 
> Sorry, no.  Please re-read rfc 2219.  Specifically:
> 
>      "These words are often capitalized."
> 
> The key word is "often" which means not always which means not required.
> ...

Of course.

My understanding that everything in an RFC is normative, unless stated 
otherwise.

If this wouldn't be the case, how could something as important as STD66 
be written without a single RFC2119 keyword?

BR, Julian
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