Remind me: Is bold must more or less compelling that underlined must. And where does uppercase MUST fit in? I fear the slightly richer publication format will give rise to a slightly more complex revision of RFC 2119. Adrian > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:stpeter@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 16 May 2012 19:43 > To: Ole Jacobsen > Cc: Mary Barnes; adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Sam Hartman; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case > > On 5/16/12 12:26 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > > > And of course if we had a slightly richer publication format we could > > use, oh, say, underline, bold, italics and maybe even a special font > > for normative terms, but I guess I am dreaming decades ahead... > > Although I too dream the impossible dream, I would prefer not to trust > in formatting to enforce the semantic distinction in this instance. > > Peter