Re: [secdir] [rtcweb] sector review of draft-ietf-rtcweb-rtp-usage-23

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Wed, 10 June 2015 16:30 UTC

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On 6/10/15 10:49, Magnus Westerlund wrote:
>> page 6:
>>
>> “This specification requires the usage of a single CNAME when sending
>> RTP Packet Streams…”   should the “require” be “REQUIRE”?
>
> This is intended as an informational reference, thus I propose to 
> change this to "mandates" thus avoiding the RFC2119 terms.

RFC 2119 doesn't remove the words "require", "must", "should", "may" and 
"recommend" from the English language. If all you mean is the ordinary 
word "require," (rather than the 2119 term "REQUIRE"), then "require" is 
just fine.

/a