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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap@NLnetLabs.nl> Wed, 16 May 2012 22:03 UTC

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To: "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@avaya.com>
Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case
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References: <562A61B995B24BD854A4D154@192.168.0.2> <m262bwchr9.wl%randy@psg.com> <08ab01cd3372$65934110$30b9c330$@olddog.co.uk> <tslaa18w21n.fsf@mit.edu> <4FB3E99D.1040606@stpeter.im> <CAHBDyN6SVUxKm4K1__zu47qNup-RF1L8exfb8n9n199y7fpGAQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.OSX.2.01.1205161124380.47757@bxb-vpn3-744.cisco.com> <4FB3F54F.2030705@stpeter.im> <097701cd3394$113cb520$33b61f60$@olddog.co.uk>, <867B9B680EBE3644D4CCD518@PST.JCK.COM> <CD5674C3CD99574EBA7432465FC13C1B22726A0AFA@DC-US1MBEX4.global.avaya.com>
Comments: In-reply-to "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@avaya.com> message dated "Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:24 -0400."
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01:46 +0200
From: Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap@NLnetLabs.nl>
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    I'm looking forward to the normative use of <BLINK>...</BLINK>.

Proper use should be <NORMATIVE>....</NORMATIVE>, how that is revealed to
the user is decided by the display system.

	jaap

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