4 Conventions

The keywords "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not" in the present document are to be interpreted as described in the oneM2M Drafting Rules [i.1].

Note

According to oneM2M Drafting Rules [i.1] in order to mandate a feature in the oneM2M System but allow freedom to the individual deployment whether to use it or not subsequently requirements are often formulated like:

Note

• "The oneM2M System shall support a mechanism [function, capability...] to ..."; or
• "...shall be able to ...". This does not mandate usage of the required feature in a M2M Solution.