ISSUE-108: Should Contacts API have MUST instead of SHOULD for extended contact properties, is this a general issue for all specs?

Should Contacts API have MUST instead of SHOULD for extended contact properties, is this a general issue for all specs?

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2011-02-09
Description:
see http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/contacts/#extended-contact-properties-and-parameters, section 6

"Non-standard, private properties and parameters should have a prefixed name starting with X (U+0058 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X) or use a vendor-specific prefix. Extended properties and parameters can be defined bilaterally between user agents without outside registration or standardization. "
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  1. ISSUE-108: Should Contacts API have MUST instead of SHOULD for extended attributes, is this a general issue for all specs? (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-02-09)

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[fjh]: resolved by changing SHOULD to MUST in section 6

21 Jul 2011, 11:18:45

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Anssi Kostiainen <anssi.kostiainen@intel.com>, Reilly Grant <reillyg@google.com>, Chairs, Fuqiao Xue <xfq@w3.org>, Staff Contact
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