On May 16, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Worley, Dale R (Dale) wrote: >> From: John C Klensin [john-ietf@xxxxxxx] >> >>> 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. >> >> Let's try to remember that many of the comments/ requests for >> alternate publication formats have been to make "display" more a >> function of the devices being used. Depending on type style >> variations (style, size, font variations, underlining, etc.) >> would pretty much defeat that particular claimed requirement. >> As I take Sam's note to sort of point out, even the use of >> uppercase to imply specific semantics can be problematic; we >> should at least strive to not make things worse, IMO. > > I'm looking forward to the normative use of <BLINK>...</BLINK>. Errr… would that be more or less strong then the non-<BLINK> version of a word? Initially I'd think more, but on reflection it only visible for half the time, so I guess it is half as strong?! ;-) W > > Dale >