> "Standard" = consensus definition of desired behaviour. "Living" = open to change. > I don't see what is so oxymoronic about this? A standard is set in stone

> "Standard" = consensus definition of desired behaviour. "Living" = open to change. > I don't see what is so oxymoronic about this? A standard is set in stone as a fixed target for implementers. No fixed target? No standard. And no, an unversioned document that changes arbitrarily is not a standard. To put it differently, a standard is a goal. If the goalpost is arbitrarily kept on the move then there is no goal.