[ i hate being drawn into yet more process omphaloskepsis, but this is painful ] > fwiw - seems to me that the basic idea that MUST and must are the same > is wrong and will lead to even more confusion > > imo - any clarification should (not SHOULD - i.e. the english language) say > 1/ some authors capitalize some words for emphasis and clarity > 2/ there is no requirement to use capitalized words > 2/ when capitalized words are used RFC 2119 says what the > capitalized words mean > 3/ non capitalized words are interpreted using normal English yes, please. please, let's not invent new semantics. randy