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IETF RFC 8174
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Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words

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IETF
Doc Type
Best Practice
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4
Abstract
RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings.
Publication Date
2017-05-01
Status Note
Best Current Practice
DOI
10.17487/RFC8174
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8174
Author(s)
Barry Leiba
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