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The RFC 2119 terms "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" are meant to apply to specific requirements and behaviors within the context of a specification. They are *not* meant to refer to general concepts and actions. To quote RFC 2119: "Imperatives of the type defined in this memo must be used with care and sparingly. In particular, they MUST only be used where it is actually required for interoperation or to limit behavior which has potential for causing harm (e.g., limiting retransmisssions)" WS-Transfer contains a number of cases where RFC 2119 keywords are misused. A changebar copy of WS-Transfer will be sent to the mailing list and linked in the comments below.
proposal at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2010Feb/0006.html
Resolved as proposed in comment #1