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Re: Fuzzy words [was Uppercase question for RFC2119 words]

Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net> Tue, 29 March 2016 16:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: Fuzzy words [was Uppercase question for RFC2119 words]
From: Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net>
To: "HANSEN, TONY L" <tony@att.com>
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On 29 March 2016 at 16:26, HANSEN, TONY L <tony@att.com> wrote:

> I also feel that a modified version of the RFC 2119 statement should be
> defined and specified in a small RFC.
>
> I like Dave's addition, but also think adding the word "only" is worth
> doing:
>
>       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
>       RFC 2119 only when capitalised.
>
> Leaving out the "only" still leaves the statement (slightly) ambiguous;
> it's the same as the difference between "if" and "if and only if".
>
>
I agree that's an improvement.


> - Tony Hansen
>
> From: ietf <ietf-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Dave Cridland <
> dave@cridland.net>
> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 9:46 AM
> To: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
> Cc: IETF discussion list <ietf@ietf.org>, "Heather Flanagan (RFC Series
> Editor)" <rse@rfc-editor.org>, "rtcweb@ietf.org" <rtcweb@ietf.org>, IESG <
> iesg@ietf.org>, Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>
> Subject: Re: Fuzzy words [was Uppercase question for RFC2119 words]
>
> . . .
> Agreed, but we should (ought to, probably wish to, etc) consider a
> replacement for the following:
>
>       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
>       RFC 2119.
>
> Perhaps simply:
>
>       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
>       RFC 2119 when capitalised.
>
>
>

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