Mixed case (was: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Checklist)
"Frank Ellermann" <hmdmhdfmhdjmzdtjmzdtzktdkztdjz@gmail.com> Mon, 11 August 2008 20:23 UTC
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Subject: Mixed case (was: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Checklist)
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Dave Crocker wrote: > This semantic distinction between upper and lower case that > folks keep making is not supported by RFC 2119. As far as I'm concerned it is perfectly supported by RFC 2119: The capitalized forms of the keywords have the defined meaning. Other forms can have a different meaning. And where they have the same meaning they should be capitalized to avoid confusion. RFC 2119 itself uses lower case "may", "must", "must not", and "should" in several places where the precise meaning of the capitalized words, i.e. the keywords, would not match. It is of course allowed to avoid mixed uses, but not required. > Case distinction for semantics also goes against normal rules > for English. THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY, THE IETF TRUST AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Frank _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Pete Resnick
- Call for review of proposed update to ID-Checklist IETF Chair
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Pete Resnick
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- RE: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen - IETF
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- RE: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen - IETF
- RE: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Theodore Tso
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Thomas Narten
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Spencer Dawkins
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bill McQuillan
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Paul Hoffman
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Spencer Dawkins
- More example TLDs in 2606bis? (was: Call for revi… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Keith Moore
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Ted Hardie
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Keith Moore
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bob Braden
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Eliot Lear
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Keith Moore
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Paul Hoffman
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Julian Reschke
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Henrik Levkowetz
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… John C Klensin
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Julian Reschke
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Lars Eggert
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Henrik Levkowetz
- ID desires and TOOLS stuff [was: Re: Call for rev… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Julian Reschke
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Henrik Levkowetz
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… SM
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Mixed case (was: Call for review of proposed upda… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Russ Housley
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Frank Ellermann
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Harald Alvestrand
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Bert Wijnen (IETF)
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Dave Crocker
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Spencer Dawkins
- Re: Call for review of proposed update to ID-Chec… Robert Elz