On 28 March 2016 at 23:04, David Farmer <farmer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Personally, I believe normative text SHOULD use the capitalized keywords.On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 3:55 PM, John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:>>> - Normative text doesn't require the use of these key words. They're
>>> used for clarity and consistency when you want that, but lots of
>>> normative text doesn't need to use them, and doesn't use them.
So you're saying that normative text MAY use key words? Or it SHOULD
use key words?
Signed,
Confused
Your opinion
However, I'm worried we only really have consensus for MAY.
Many others' opinion.
if (SHOULD) {
Additionally, It would also be useful to provide a recommendation regarding advancing specification to Internet Standard (RFC6410), is adherence to RFC2119 an important issue in that regard?
No
And, are capitalized keywords more or less important than the overall stability of the text in that process.
Less
Put more directly, should specifications be updated with capitalized keywords as part of that process?
No
Or, is it more important to keep the text the same?
Yes
} else {
Additionally, It would also be useful to provide a recommendation regarding advancing specification to Internet Standard (RFC6410), is adherence to RFC2119 an important issue in that regard?
No
And, are capitalized keywords more or less important than the overall stability of the text in that process.
Less
Put more directly, should specifications be updated with capitalized keywords as part of that process?
No
YesOr, is it more important to keep the text the same?
... I think clearly stating the consensus is only MAY would be helpful and might short circuit some unnecessary [discussion].
Irrelevant
}
}
As the man said, natural language usage MAY be used, even others think it SHOULD NOT.