On 3/29/16, 6:57 AM, "ietf on behalf of Tony Finch" <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx on behalf of dot@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> But if a spec uses, for example, a mixture of SHOULD and should, who >> knows what the authors intended? To that extent, the proposed >> clarification is helpful. > >I think if a document uses RFC 2119 keywords then it ought to avoid >non-capitalized uses of the keywords, e.g. by replacing "should" with >"ought to" or other rephrasings. > >Tony. Cue reference to "draft-hansen-nonkeywords-non2119" :-) Tony Hansen