Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 17:18:17
Author: eagle
Revision: 5041
Fix a conflict between the wording of the application/news-checkgroups
message and the checkgroups control message around <chkscope>. Clarify
that a checkgroups can be limited by external information, and that
limits the requirement for it to be complete to a SHOULD.
Modified:
docs/usefor/usepro.xml
Modified: docs/usefor/usepro.xml
===================================================================
--- docs/usefor/usepro.xml 2008-09-22 00:13:33 UTC (rev 5040)
+++ docs/usefor/usepro.xml 2008-09-22 00:18:17 UTC (rev 5041)
@@ -1663,9 +1663,11 @@
<t>One application/news-checkgroups message may contain
information for one or more hierarchies and is considered complete
- for any hierarchy for which it contains a <valid-group>. In
- other words, an application/news-checkgroups body part consisting
- of:</t>
+ for any hierarchy for which it contains a <valid-group> unless
+ accompanied by external information limiting its scope (such as a
+ <chkscope> parameter to a checkgroups control message as
+ described in <xref target="checkgroups" />). In other words, an
+ application/news-checkgroups body part consisting of:</t>
<figure>
<artwork>
@@ -1679,7 +1681,8 @@
This media type therefore MUST NOT be used for conveying partial
information about a hierarchy; if a group from a given hierarchy
is present, all groups that exist in that hierarchy MUST be
- listed.</t>
+ listed unless its scope is limited by external information, in
+ which case all groups SHOULD be listed.</t>
</section>
</section>
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