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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Wed, 16 May 2012 21:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case
From: Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:54:36 -0700
To: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>, Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>
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+1

and for the current thread, case is format...

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> wrote:

>On 5/16/12 12:26 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
>> 
>> And of course if we had a slightly richer publication format we could
>
>> use, oh, say, underline, bold, italics and maybe even a special font 
>> for normative terms, but I guess I am dreaming decades ahead...
>
>Although I too dream the impossible dream, I would prefer not to trust
>in formatting to enforce the semantic distinction in this instance.
>
>Peter


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