- From: Matt May <mcmay@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:08:00 -0700
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynnbartlett@yahoo.com> (by way of Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>)
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 03:22 PM, Kynn Bartlett (by way of Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>) wrote: > The word "avoid" is one word that -- in the opinion of > this Web development educator -- should be excised > from WCAG entirely. It tells us nothing and guides no > one. I agree that this word is problematic, and should be avoi-- er... RFC 2119[1] defines terms like MUST, SHOULD, and MAY. This is the standard for setting requirements or prohibitions in Internet standards. If "avoid" indicates prohibition, it should be followed up with a statement using MUST NOT; and/or indicate that "avoid" equals MUST NOT in the glossary; or it should be replaced with "Do not use". I suggest "Do not use". - m [1]http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt
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