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.

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