Keep in mind the RFC-2119 meanings of
the normative terms:
MUST
This word, or the terms "required" or "shall",
mean that the definition is an absolute requirement of the
specification.
SHOULD
This word, or the adjective "recommended", means
that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances
to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be
understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different
course.
Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
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On 3/17/2014 7:56 AM, Bob Thomas wrote:
Hi Chris,
I prefer "must", but I don't feel strongly about it.
Best Regards,
Bob Thomas
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Chris Nitchie <>
wrote:
Yes, .htm should mean .html. I'm undecided about must
vs. should on this one, but leaning must.
Best,
Chris
On Mar 13, 2014, at 6:24 PM, "Robert D Anderson"
<>
wrote:
Hi,
I see a draft comment in
the write up for proposal 13107 (assume a
default value for @format based on the
extension of the linked resource. Bob's
comment states:
This description needs
to specify that a ".htm" extension MUST imply
format value "html".
That's a slight change
from the approved proposal, so I wanted to
send to the TC before making that change.
1. Is that correct - an
extension of "htm" means format="html" (rather
than format="htm")?
2. Is this something
that we want to list as MUST with a reference
to the RFC terminology?
Thanks -
Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/)
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