Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Informative clauses

["Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>]

2008/6/23 Radoslav Dejanović <radoslav.dejanovic@opsus.hr>:

Use of 'shall' must, may could etc.

> When I write (or read) documentation, I always presume ....
As do I. Yet I presume something different.
For a standard, I would hope for clarity.

1.2 Notation

Within this specification, the key words "shall", "shall not",
"should", "should not" and "may" are to be interpreted as described in
Annex H of [ISO/IEC Directives] if they appear in bold letters.


which is a bad link to :
Warning. PDF target on long link
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink.exe/4230517/ISO_IEC_Directives__Part_2__Rules_for_the_structure_and_drafting_of_International_Standards__2004__5th_edition___pdf_format_.pdf?func=doc.Fetch&nodeid=4230517


So it is definitive in the reference.
(If only the TC had kept the standard as clear).

regards



Rob?

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