Comment from:
Name: Dennis E. Hamilton
Title: System Architect
Organization: NuovoDoc
Regarding Specification: OpenDocument 1.0
Non-Normative Use of Should.
In section 1.2, it is stated clearly that the IETF RFC 2119 interpretations apply only when words like SHOULD appear fully capitalized and in bold face.
A search of the PDF reveals 13 occurences of SHOULD (including in SHOULD NOT) outside of section 1.2.
A search of the PDF reveals at least 182
occurrences of "should" (including in "should
not") and not identified as appealing to the RFC
2119 interpretation. This appears to be
intentional in at least some cases. (Cf. the
fourth paragraph of section 1.5.)
How are these occurrences to be interpreted?
For OpenFormula, it is possible to work around
the cases so far (such as in the description
of the table:formula attribute on page 184), by
using MUST as an OpenFormula-specific condition.
Is there some general guidance on how "should"
and "should not" are to be construed when not
expressed as "SHOULD" and "SHOULD NOT"?
