[ibis-macro] Guide on wording
- From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "IBIS-ATM" <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:47:01 -0800
Here is a guide from IEEE on how to use the words
shall, should, may and can. I think we could
adopt this in our writing of the IBIS specification...
Arpad
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Here is what the 2009 IEEE Style Guide says:
13.1 Shall, should, may, and can
The word shall is used to indicate mandatory requirements strictly to be
followed in order to conform to the standard and from which no deviation
is permitted (shall equals is required to). The use of the word must is
deprecated and shall not be used when stating mandatory requirements;
must is used only to describe unavoidable situations. The use of the
word will is deprecated and shall not be used when stating mandatory
requirements; will is only used in statements of fact.
The word should is used to indicate that among several possibilities one
is recommended as particularly suitable, without mentioning or excluding
others; or that a certain course of action is preferred but not
necessarily required; or that (in the negative form) a certain course of
action is deprecated but not prohibited (should equals is recommended
that).
The word may is used to indicate a course of action permissible within
the limits of the standard (may equals is permitted to).
The word can is used for statements of possibility and capability,
whether material, physical, or causal (can equals is able to).
If a WG chooses to define these terms within a draft standard, the
following text may be reproduced (under an early subclause entitled
"Word usage") for the benefit of users of the standard:
"In this document, the word shall is used to indicate a mandatory
requirement. The word should is used to indicate a recommendation. The
word may is used to indicate a permissible action. The word can is used
for statements of possibility and capability."
Shalom
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