Doug,

On Feb 5, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Doug Barton wrote:

> On 2/5/2010 2:37 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> Oh, OK, that is fine for conformance of course, but leaves things
>> open when you are talking about generating strings. If we want the
>> new recommendation to be a MUST, we may have to consider wording to
>> make it clear how widely it applies. Many existing specs may be
>> affected implicitly.
> 
> Would something like this work?
> 
> In the absence of a conflicting specification, ... MUST ... At the time
> of this writing the following specifications are known to conflict: <list>

That's essentially the definition of SHOULD.  It's what you do unless there is 
a compelling reason not to do it.

Bob


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