Posted by kchayka on 01/15/06 21:57

Alan J. Flavell wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, kchayka wrote:
>
>> FYI, "user agents *should*..." only makes it desirable behavior, not
>> required.
>
> The HTML spec cites the definitions in RFC2119
>
> To me it says "you'd better have a jolly convincing excuse if you
> fail to comply with such a recommendation".

I spent numerous years both writing and reviewing software requirement
specifications, where "should" wasn't considered quite as strong as that. :)

It didn't occur to me that the word would have a different emphasis in
the HTML spec. Now I know!

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