- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:41:40 +0100
- To: Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com>
- Cc: bugzilla@jessica.w3.org, public-webapps@w3.org
* Brian Kardell wrote: >On Feb 26, 2014 1:01 PM, "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote: >> If an agent "MAY $x" then it also "MAY not $x". It is possible that the >> author meant "must not" or "should not" in this specific instance, but >> in general such a reading would be incorrect. If course, specifications >> should not use constructs like "may not". >Your use of "should not" and the logic implies that actually they may use >"may not" they just shouldn't. Do you mean they may not? I think that using phrases like "may not" is a bad practise. I think any "may" in this context is mutually exclusive with "should not". -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/
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