RE: Alternatives to containers/collections (was Re: Requirements for a possible "RDF 2.0")

Pat Hayes wrote:

>+1. We have to be very careful about what exactly "optional" is
>supposed to mean in a standard whose intention is to support
>interoperability. If every processor is obliged to be able to process
>it, its not optional. If they aren't, then interopreability is
>compromised.
>
>Pat

If only things would always melt down to such a simple formula... 

Maybe we should deprecate the "MAY" word from RFC 2119?

SCNR,
Michael

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