Uniform Resource Names for Device Identifiers
draft-ietf-core-dev-urn-07
Network Working Group J. Arkko
Internet-Draft Ericsson
Intended status: Informational C. Jennings
Expires: January 3, 2021 Cisco
Z. Shelby
ARM
July 2, 2020
Uniform Resource Names for Device Identifiers
draft-ietf-core-dev-urn-07
Abstract
This memo describes a new Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace for
hardware device identifiers. A general representation of device
identity can be useful in many applications, such as in sensor data
streams and storage, or equipment inventories. A URN-based
representation can be easily passed along in any application that
needs the information.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. DEV URN Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3. Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Security and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.5. Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.6. Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.7. Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.8. Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.9. Revision Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. DEV URN Subtypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1. MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. 1-Wire Device Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3. Organization-Defined Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.4. Organization Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.5. Organization Product and Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . 9
5. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.1. Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. Changes from Previous Version . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Appendix B. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1. Introduction
This memo describes a new Uniform Resource Name (URN) [RFC8141]
namespace for hardware device identifiers. A general representation
of device identity can be useful in many applications, such as in
sensor data streams and storage [RFC8428], or equipment inventories
[RFC7252], [I-D.ietf-core-resource-directory].
A URN-based representation can be easily passed along in any
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