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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Sun, 20 May 2012 06:54 UTC

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Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 07:53:54 +0100
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case
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On 2012-05-19 20:39, Ofer Inbar wrote:
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>  But don't change the rules.  2119 works well as is IMO.

Just to be clear about the current rules, 2119 makes it clear that
upper case keywords are optional ("These words are often capitalized").
Indeed, numerous standards track documents don't use them.

    Brian

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