Clarify requirements for resolution of inconsistent information (Paul Wouters' IESG review) #62
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| @@ -789,7 +789,8 @@ extensions still to be defined. | |||
| Where consistent interpretation between multiple actors is required | |||
| for security purposes (e.g., where timestamps are embedded as | |||
| parameters in access control information), only such extensions can be | |||
| employed that have a defined resolution of such inconsistent data. | |||
| employed that have a well-understood and shared resolution of such | |||
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Grammar: s/that/as/.
That's "only such [whatever] as have [what's needed]"; contrast with "you can use [a thing] that has [what's needed], but not one that lacks it."
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Don't feel too strongly about this either way, but that feels better here.
Perhaps s/that/which ("...only such extensions can be employed which have a...")
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Well, it is a defining relative clause (the sentence is nonsensical without it), so it must be "that".
I'd like to stick with relatively simple English, so I propose changing the first "such" into "those".
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(Well, at this point, I'd s/that/which/ but it'll do.)
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