Re: [Ltru] Issue #41 (AD comment #8) section 3.5 SHOULD vs MUST

["Doug Ewell" <doug at ewellic.org>]

Mark Davis wrote:

> I think it should be a MUST. A SHOULD implies that you don't need to 
> do it if there are good / reasonable reasons not to. That isn't the 
> case here; the requirements are clear.
>
> That doesn't prevent us from taking the request and making fixes to 
> format, spelling, etc before approving.

I think it comes down to how much deviation is acceptable.  RFC 4646bis 
is a long document with some rather arcane rules, and it is likely that 
some very sensible subtag requests will come along that


Mark



On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 14:08, Doug Ewell <doug at ewellic.org> wrote:

Alexey Melnikov <alexey dot melnikov at isode dot com> wrote:


The fields in the "Record Requested" section SHOULD follow the 
requirements in Section 3.1.


What are the reasons not to follow requirements in Section 3.1? (I.e. 
why is SHOULD used instead of MUST?)



I think the idea was to allow the language subtag reviewer to consider 
requests that followed the spirit, if not the letter of the syntax. 
Since the LSR is not an automated process, and we do not want to 
introduce artificial barriers to those needing language subtags, a 
little flexibility is desirable.  Consequently, I think the SHOULD is 
ok - it's operational advice, and failure to follow it to the letter 
won't necessarily cause any problems at all.


I understand and agree with the desire to be flexible.
However my understanding is that the request sent to IANA must be in the 
correct form. Maybe you should clarify that.


My understanding is that people submitting requests to ietf-languages 
are encouraged, but not required, to follow the requirements in Section 
3.1, and the Reviewer and clerical assistant (with the help of 
ietf-languages contributors) are expected to fix any editorial problems 
before approving a submission and sending it to IANA.

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