I find the new keywords very useful in describing many of the conformance requirements in our documents and have applied them appropriately.
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Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 7:21 AM
To: Handl, Ralf <>;
Subject: [odata] RE: For consideration of specification authors
The proposed additional flexibility doesn’t seem helpful with respect to promoting interoperability.
In my experience, specifications are well served by following:
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents.
I recommend converting to the use of the terms: should, shall not, should, should not, may, may not, can, cannot, and must as specified in clause 7 of the ISO/IEC
Directives, Part 2.
Regards,
George
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Subject: [odata] For consideration of specification authors
Specification authors should have a look at
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6919 when reworking the V4.01 specifications. Some of these new normative keywords might come in handy.
Cheers!
Ralf
In preparing for battle
I have always found that plans are useless,
but planning is indispensable.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
