Re: shall vs should Re: Motion P1788/M0036.03:Flavors Vote NO
Actually, I believe "shall" is a also technical term in
"standardese" language: SHALL is "normative," that is,
it dictates something the standard must contain. I'm
not sure "should" means anything in this context, but,
in common English, "should" means something like
it is the logical, reasonable, or the correct
thing to do.
In the actual standards document, we should use "shall" to
dictate what is actually standard-conforming.
Baker
On 08/22/2012 10:37 AM, Kreinovich, Vladik wrote:
For the benefit of those who are not native English speakers,
SHALL means that for only packages that implement set operations satisfy our standard,
but what does SHOULD mean and how it is different?
P.S. This reminds me of discussion in the US about Second Amendment where two sides are absolutely sure about the meaning but this meaning is exactly opposite :-(
I know should and shall differ in some bureaucratic documents
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From: stds-1788@xxxxxxxx [mailto:stds-1788@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dominique Lohez
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:29 AM
To: Corliss, George; stds-1788
Subject: Motion P1788/M0036.03:Flavors Vote NO
My vote is NO
I would vote if the following change were done
1) In terminology
the sentence
, and any related kind that the modal subgroup may wish to specify.
2) the cause 2 before the add is replaced by
All the operations defined on "classical" intervals should be
appropriately extended to modal intervals
Other flavors are discussed in a future motion.
The add is kept .
The clause 5 is removed
In clause 7 the sentence
An implementation shall support at least one flavor. It
shall document which flavors it supports.
is replaced by
An implementation SHALL support set based intervals
An implementation SHOULD support modal intervals
The rationale will be detailed on separate mail.
Dominique
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