SHOULD NOT vs. should not keywords

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Blocker
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    • Affects Version/s: Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 CSPRD01
    • Component/s: Public reviews
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      Review to verify that the 1 instance of SHOULD NOT is the only RFC 2119 requirements for conforming DITA implementations and documents.

      If "should not" is used for such a requirement, the text should be revised to use UPPERCASE SHOULD NOT as per RFC 2119.

      All of them should be checked.

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      Review to verify that the 1 instance of SHOULD NOT is the only RFC 2119 requirements for conforming DITA implementations and documents. If "should not" is used for such a requirement, the text should be revised to use UPPERCASE SHOULD NOT as per RFC 2119. All of them should be checked.

      There is only one SHOULD NOT in the text but 35 instances of should not.

      What is the meaning in difference of UPPERCASE versus lowercase?

      RFC 2119 says that UPPERCASE is normative and lowercase is normal usage.

      Is the difference in case intentional?

      As I noted in TAB-1264, a reader is left to wonder if SHOULD NOT announces all the requirements for conformance under section 4 or are some of the "should not"s meant to voice requirements as well?

      This comment applies to all three versions.

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            Reporter:
            Patrick Durusau
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