- File formats:
- Status:
- BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
- Updates:
- RFC 2119
- Author:
- B. Leiba
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8174
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Abstract
RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.