Re: 4395bis ticket 70: RFC 2119 language in Section 3.1 of 4395bis

25.08.2011 23:51, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
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> On 8/22/11 5:00 PM, Chris Weber wrote:
>> <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/iri/trac/ticket/70>
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>> Does this working group and the document editors agree that a "SHOULD"
>> is the most appropriate here?  If so this issue can be closed.
> The current text is:
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>     New URI/IRI schemes SHOULD
>     have clear utility to the broad Internet community, beyond that
>     available with already registered URI/IRI schemes.
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> I think "SHOULD" is fine. I think "MUST" would be problematic because it
> would lead to fruitless arguments about whether the utility of the
> scheme is truly clear and whether the community that would benefit from
> registration of the scheme is truly broad.

I suppose you can remove "SHOULD" and put "should" here.  That 
requirement is scoped to subjective evaluation of a reviewer and may not 
employ 2119 language.

Mykyta

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> Peter
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