Extension Registry for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol
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Network Working Group                                      S. Hollenbeck
Internet-Draft                                             Verisign Labs
Intended status: Standards Track                           July 21, 2014
Expires: January 22, 2015

      Extension Registry for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol
                        draft-ietf-eppext-reg-07

Abstract

   The Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) includes features to add
   functionality by extending the protocol.  It does not, however,
   describe how those extensions are managed.  This document describes a
   procedure for the registration and management of extensions to EPP
   and it specifies a format for an IANA registry to record those
   extensions.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Acronyms and Abbreviations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Extension Specification and Registration Procedure  . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Extension Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       3.1.1.  Designated Expert Evaluation Criteria . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Registration Procedure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       3.2.1.  Required Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       3.2.2.  Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.2.3.  Registration Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.2.4.  Updating Registry Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   6.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Appendix A.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

1.  Conventions Used in This Document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

1.1.  Acronyms and Abbreviations

      EPP: Extensible Provisioning Protocol
      IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
      IPR: Intellectual Property Rights

2.  Introduction

   Domain name registries implement a variety of operational and
   business models.  The differences in these models made it impossible
   to develop a "one size fits all" provisioning protocol, so the
   Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP, [RFC5730]) was designed to
   focus on a minimal set of common functionality with built-in
   extension capabilities that allow new features to be specified on an
   "as needed" basis.  Guidelines for extending EPP are documented in
   Informational RFC 3735 [RFC3735].

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   RFCs 3735 and 5730 do not describe how extension development can be
   managed and coordinated.  This has led to a situation in which server
   operators can develop different extensions to address similar needs,