Use of "should" and "must" defined

Name: Glenda Sims
Email: glenda.sims@deque.com
Affiliation: Senior Accessibility Consultant at Deque
Document: TD
Item Number: G141
Part of Item: Description
Comment Type: editorial
Summary of Issue: Use of "should" and "must" defined
Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
It might be useful to clearly indicate the definition of the words "should" and "must" for the purpose of requirements versus recommendations.  This would apply to all parts of WCAG 2.0.  I mentioning it here on this technique, because this is where I recently had a debate about what "should" means versus what "must" means.  

Proposed Change:
Make it obvious that "should" is recommended while "must" is required.  You could use the definitions found at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt.  You could also consider making the words "must" and "should" hotlink to the definition.  Or, not.  Just an idea.

Received on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 19:31:05 UTC