> And of course if we had a slightly richer publication format we could > use, oh, say, underline, bold, italics and maybe even a special font > for normative terms, but I guess I am dreaming decades ahead...
I was waiting to see if someone was going to bring this up. In Roman law, the way you capitalized something in a document could have significant consequences, for example, incorrect use of Capitis Diminutio could change you from a free person into a slave! OTOH, the Uniform Commercial Code requires certain terms be rendered "conspicuous", which may be accomplished though capitalization, or using bold face, or a larger font, or contrasting color, etc. The intervening 2000 years enabled the UCC to exploit more modern typesetting technologies. But the IETF is still living in Roman times. Y(J)S
