- From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:00:24 -0400
- To: "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>
- Cc: public-xml-core-wg@w3.org
Grosso, Paul scripsit:
> Remember that SHOULD implies that an implementation needs to have a
> "good reason" to do otherwise (where "good reason" is, of course,
> undefined), so while an implementation isn't non-compliant if it does
> otherwise, there is still some force of standardization to follow
> the recommendation.
RFC 2119 specifically says:
[T]here may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances
to ignore a particular [requirement], but the full
implications must be understood and carefully weighed before
choosing a different course.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
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