In other words, protocol or customs are living things, in a way. They are evolving constantly as we evolve. You can trace, on many levels, the vast changes in Canadian culture and society by how we honour those who are deceased, I would think.
So if we fix this stuff and make a hard core rule that says, “This is how we do this, this is how we do that”, are we boxing ourselves in? Do we need the flexibility if we're talking about some protocols here? How important is that? Are we talking about a guidebook, or a framework, or some place where we can go on the web to find out how to do certain things, or are we talking about getting down to the nitty-gritty of each particular step?