Re: Uppercase question for RFC2119 words

[Adam Roach <[e-mail]>]

On 3/28/16 09:09, Barry Leiba wrote:

> Ah.  Then perhaps the clarification needs to go a little further and
> make this clear:
> - We're defining specific terms that specifications can use.

+1

> - These terms are always capitalized when these definitions are used.

+1

> - You don't have to use them.  If you do, they're capitalized and
> their meanings are as specified here.

+1

> - There are similar-looking English words that are not capitalized,
> and they have their normal English meanings; this document has nothing
> to do with them.

Yes. This. This, this, this, a million times, this. If we published a 
document that said only this, it would be a huge net win for the community.

> ...and I'd like to add one more, because so many people think that
> text isn't normative unless it has 2119 key words in all caps in it:
>
> - Normative text doesn't require the use of these key words.  They're
> used for clarity and consistency when you want that, but lots of
> normative text doesn't need to use them, and doesn't use them.

+1

If there's anything I can do to help, Barry, please reach out to me.

/a