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Clarify requirements for resolution of inconsistent information (Paul Wouters' IESG review) #62

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Clarify requirements for resolution of inconsistent information
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(ed.) s/such/those/
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Expand Up @@ -788,8 +788,9 @@ this specification (see for instance {{inconsistent}}) and with future
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.
parameters in access control information), only those extensions can be
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.)

inconsistent data.

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