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Re: [rfc-i] RECOMMENDS

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 04 January 2024 20:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rfc-i] RECOMMENDS
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Julian Reschke <julian.reschke=40gmx.de@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

    >>>
    >>> Like Michael, I'm also the author of an RFC (8469) that uses the
    >>> phrase "This document RECOMMENDS ...". As Brian noted, we could have
    >>> used "It is RECOMMENDED that..." but we preferred the active voice,
    >>> and obviously the IESG and RFC Editor had no problem with it. I also
    >>> agree that it should be made official.
    >>
    >> +1
    >>
    >> I also like the active voice.
    >>
    >> Perhaps an errata can be filed that makes this clearer.
    >>
    >> Bob

    > I don't think this qualifies as "erratum". It's a feature request.

I think it's errata on BCP14 clarifying that there are a number of
grammatical variants of some things.
Yes, it's a feature request on xml2rfc.


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