ODF 1.2cd01 --- Misuse of MUST and MUST NOT

[marbux <marbux@gmail.com>]

Committee Draft 1 contains 213 occurrences of MUST and 14 occurrences
of MUST NOT, used to express mandatory requirements.

Under ISO/IEC Directives Part 2: Rules for the Structure and Drafting
of International Standards (5th Edition, 21 December 2004),
<http://www.iec.ch/tiss/iec/Directives-Part2-Ed5.pdf>, Annex H Table
H.1:

"Do not use 'must' as an alternative for 'shall'. (This will avoid any confusion
between the requirements of a document and external statutory obligations.)"

Recommendation: Revisit all occurrences of MUST and MUST NOT in the
draft specification and edit to use the SHALL and SHALL NOT terms
required by ISO/IEC Directives Part 2, Annex H, Table H.1, as
appropriate.

Best regards,

Paul E. Merrell, J.D. (Marbux)

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