Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Graham wrote: On 27 Apr 2005, at 10:31 pm, Robert Sayre wrote: My opinion is that ~10 WG members are currently clearly stating their belief that summary/content are optional. You should make clear that most of those people supported a misleading Pace that didn't clearly state its side-effects

Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-27 Thread Graham
On 27 Apr 2005, at 5:28 pm, Paul Hoffman wrote: Proposal for thinking about: to simplify the spec, atom:summary should either be a MUST in all cases or a MAY in all cases. If it is just semantic like atom:category, it should be a MAY. If it is inherently valuable like atom:title, it should be a

Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-27 Thread Mark Nottingham
Well said, Paul; this articulates the reasons for a profiling mechanism much more effectively than I ever did. Cheers, On Apr 27, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Paul Hoffman wrote: A few brief notes for the WG to chew on. - Literal interpretation of 2119 for a document format such as Atom would make nearly

Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-27 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 6:47 PM +0100 4/27/05, Graham wrote: On 27 Apr 2005, at 5:28 pm, Paul Hoffman wrote: Proposal for thinking about: to simplify the spec, atom:summary should either be a MUST in all cases or a MAY in all cases. If it is just semantic like atom:category, it should be a MAY. If it is inherently

Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-27 Thread Antone Roundy
On Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 05:11 PM, Graham wrote: On 27 Apr 2005, at 10:31 pm, Robert Sayre wrote: My opinion is that ~10 WG members are currently clearly stating their belief that summary/content are optional. You should make clear that most of those people supported a misleading Pace