CurrentBEST CURRENT PRACTICEIETF streamBCP14
RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
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.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8174
- Published
- May 2017
- Authors
- B. Leiba
- Status
- BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 4
- Also known as
- BCP14
- Updates:
- RFC 2119
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