Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 01/15/06 02:07

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, where it says:

SHOULD This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
particular item, but the full implications must be understood and
carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

I'd say that's stronger than merely "desirable", wouldn't you?

To me it says "you'd better have a jolly convincing excuse if you
fail to comply with such a recommendation".

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