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  1. Technical Advisory Board
  2. TAB-1132

shall, may should be SHALL and MAY

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: New
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: WS-Biometric Devices Version 1.0 CSPRD01
    • Fix Version/s: None
    • Component/s: Public reviews
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    • Environment:

      Normative

    • Proposal:
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      may, should, and shall (choose either MUST or SHALL but don't switch back and forth) should be checked and converted to uppercase if meant as keywords.

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      may, should, and shall (choose either MUST or SHALL but don't switch back and forth) should be checked and converted to uppercase if meant as keywords.

      Description

      may appears some 150 times (I didn't deduct for those in the OASIS boiler plate) and should be MAY if intended as a keyword.

      should appears some 77 times and should be SHOULD if intended as a keyword

      shall appears some 16 times and should be SHALL if intended as a keyword

      See RFC 2119

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              Reporter:
              patrick Patrick Durusau
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