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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

ned+ietf@mauve.mrochek.com Fri, 18 May 2012 18:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case
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> > I recommend an errata to RFC 2119: "These words MUST NOT appear in a
> > document in lower case."

> first, that is not an erratum, it is a non-trivial semantic change.

And therefore explicitly disallowed by the erratum process.

> second, do we not already have enough problems being clear and concise
> without removing common words from our language?

A very emphatic +1.

				Ned

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