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Is there a rule somewhere that IETF documents (at least on the standards
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track) MUST reference BCP 14?
Nothing in the formal RFCs that document how the IETF works. There’s an IESG statement:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-clarifying-the-use-of-bcp-14-key-words/