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Normative: "needs to" is not permitted requirement terminology

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
85/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Domain
documentation

Research direction

The issue points to a specific line in doc/tea-requirements.md where the phrase 'needs to' is used. Open that file, locate line 58, and replace 'needs to' with appropriate requirement terminology like 'shall' or 'must' as per the project's normative standards. Verify the change aligns with the surrounding text and commit the fix.

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Backlog

https://github.com/CycloneDX/transparency-exchange-api/blob/f5817aa0476b2240df068856dc92de7a9499efeb/doc/tea-requirements.md?plain=1#L58

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Shell
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Merged PRs (30d)
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