Hi!
Jürgen Schönwälder <[email protected]> on Tuesday, March 5,
2024 10:38:
> I believe it is a misconception that text not written in capital letters
> is not normative.
Indeed.
RFC 8174 Section 2. Clarifying Capitalization of Key Words states:
In many IETF documents, several words, when they are in all capitals
as shown below, are used to signify the requirements in the
specification. These capitalized words can bring significant clarity
and consistency to documents because their meanings are well defined.
This document defines how those words are interpreted in IETF
documents when the words are in all capitals.
o These words can be used as defined here, but using them is not
required. Specifically, normative text does not require the use
of these key words. They are used for clarity and consistency
when that is what's wanted, but a lot of normative text does not
use them and is still normative.
o The words have the meanings specified herein only when they are in
all capitals.
o When these words are not capitalized, they have their normal
English meanings and are not affected by this document.
--
Per
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