RE: [xliff] Uppercasing conformance keywords in OASIS specs

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Schnabel, Bryan S <>
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2012-06-14T19:11:31+00:00
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RE: [xliff] Uppercasing conformance keywords in OASIS specs
Hi Chet,

 

It seems we have a conflict between what the requirement in David’s link below states, vs. what we are seeing in the more recent template provided by OASIS.

 

Can you please provide us guidance on this?

 

Thanks Chet,

 

Bryan

 

From:  [mailto:] On Behalf Of Rodolfo M. Raya
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:44 AM
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Subject: RE: [xliff] Uppercasing conformance keywords in OASIS specs

 

The template we use in the specification was provided by OASIS and it uses lowercase for those special terms. The template is newer than the requirement you mention. 

 

Notice that we explicitly say that special word meanings are defined in RFC 2119 and it does not require key words to be capitalized.

 

Capitalization would be important in the conformance clause but we have not defined it yet.

 

BTW, the official OASIS template explicitly says key words are not capitalized as a matter of writing style.

 

Regards,

Rodolfo

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From:  [mailto:] On Behalf Of Dr. David Filip
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:45 AM
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Subject: [xliff] Uppercasing conformance keywords in OASIS specs

 

Hi all, Rodolfo, I was recently rereading some OASIS policies and it came up today in the SC f-2-f.

There is an OASIS policy that explicitly states this:

RFC2119 allows both uppercase and lowercase to be used for a keyword, however to enable easy identification of the keywords and consistency across specifications uppercase MUST be used for keywords at all times. 

 

See http://docs.oasis-open.org/templates/TCHandbook/ConformanceGuidelines.html#_Toc170119662

 

Unfortunately our current draft is in conflict with this regulation. I suppose that we should comply..

 

Thanks

dF

Dr. David Filip

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