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"Collin" <collin@s...> writes: > When I recently reviewed the W3C Recommendation "XML Infomation Set"(available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/), I found there was a little problem with the recommendation. > > The recommendation says in its introduction: > > "In this specification, the words "must", "should", and "may" assume the meanings specified in [RFC2119], except that the words do not appear in uppercase." > > However, I could not find any words "MUST", "SHOULD" and "MAY" in uppercase in the recommendation. > > Does this mean that > [1]"must", "should" and "may" assume the meanings specified in [RFC2119], even if they appear in lowercase, or > [2] all these words do not conform to [RFC2119]? The former, that is, in the Infoset REC when it says: "The value must be an integer", that 'must' has the force of an RFC2119 'MUST'. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh Half-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@c... URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]
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