Using JSContact in Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) JSON Responses
draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-17
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draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-17
Registration Protocols Extensions M. Loffredo
Internet-Draft IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Intended status: Standards Track G. Brown
Expires: 9 June 2024 CentralNic Group plc
7 December 2023
Using JSContact in Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) JSON
Responses
draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-17
Abstract
This document describes an RDAP extension which represents entity
contact information in JSON responses using JSContact.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. JSContact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Using JSContact in RDAP Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Extension Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4. Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.5. Map Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.6. Localizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.7. Example of using JSContact in RDAP response . . . . . . . 7
3.8. Query Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.9. Reverse Search Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. Transition Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1. RDAP Features Supporting a Transition Process . . . . . . 10
4.1.1. Notices and Link Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1.2. rdapConformance Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2. Transition Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2.1. Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2.2. Transition Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.2.1. Stage 1: only jCard provided . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.2.2. Stage 2: jCard sunset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.2.3. Stage 3: jCard deprecation . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2.2.4. Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.1. IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2. IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.3. client.rdap.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.4. CentralNic Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.1. RDAP Extensions Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.2. RDAP JSON Values Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.3. RDAP Reverse Search Mapping Registry . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Appendix A. jCard-JSContact Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix B. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B.1. Change from 00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B.2. Change from 01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B.3. Change from 02 to 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B.4. Change from 03 to 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B.5. Initial WG version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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B.6. Change from 00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B.7. Change from 01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.8. Change from 02 to 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.9. Change from 03 to 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.10. Change from 04 to 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.11. Change from 05 to 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.12. Change from 06 to 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.13. Change from 07 to 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B.14. Change from 08 to 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.15. Change from 09 to 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.16. Change from 10 to 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.17. Change from 11 to 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.18. Change from 12 to 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.19. Change from 13 to 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.20. Change from 14 to 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.21. Change from 14 to 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B.22. Change from 15 to 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
B.23. Change from 16 to 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1. Introduction
This document specifies an extension to the Registration Data Access
Protocol (RDAP) that allows RDAP servers to use JSContact
[I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact] to represent the contact information
associated with entities in RDAP responses, instead of jCard
[RFC7095]. It also describes the process by which an RDAP server can
transition from jCard to JSContact. RDAP query and response
extensions are defined to facilitate the transition process.
1.1. Rationale
According to the feedback from RDAP Pilot Working Group
[RDAP-PILOT-WG], a group of RDAP server implementers representing
registries and registrars of generic TLDs, the most commonly raised
implementation concern, for both servers and client implementers,
related to the use of jCard [RFC7095] to represent the contact
information associated with entities. Working Group members reported
jCard to be unintuitive, complicated to implement for both clients
and servers, and incompatible with best practices for RESTful APIs.
JSContact [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact] provides a simpler and more
efficient representation for contact information with regard to time
and effort saved in processing it. In addition, similarly to jCard,
it provides a means to represent internationalised and unstructured
contact information. Support for internationalised contact
information has been recognised being necessary to facilitate the
future internationalisation of registration data directory services.
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1.2. Conventions Used in This Document
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
The JSContact specification declares the object type "Card" which
represents a single contact card. To avoid confusion, in the
following of this document, the term "JSCard" is used to refer to
"JSContact Card".
2. JSContact
The JSContact specification defines a data model and JSON
representation of contact information that can be used for data
storage and exchange in address book or directory applications. It
aims to be an alternative to the vCard data format [RFC6350] and to
be unambiguous, extendable and simple to process. In contrast with
jCard, it is not a direct mapping from the vCard data model and
expands semantics where appropriate.
JSCard differs from jCard in that it:
* follows an object-oriented rather than array-oriented approach;
* is simple to process;
* requires no extra work in serialization/deserialization from/to a
data model;
* includes no "jagged" arrays;
* prefers maps rather than arrays to implement collections.
[I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard] provides informational guidance on
the conversion of jCard into JSCard, and vice versa. Appendix A
shows JSContact counterparts for the most commonly used jCard
properties in an RDAP response.
3. Using JSContact in RDAP Responses
3.1. Extension Identifier
Entity objects in RDAP responses MAY include a "jscard" property
whose value is a JSCard object instead of the "vCardArray" property
defined in [RFC9083].
Servers returning the "jscard" property in their response MUST
include "jscard" in the "rdapConformance" array.
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3.2. Version
The JSContact version to be used in RDAP MUST be "1.0".
3.3. Kind
The JSContact "kind" property value MUST be "individual" (default) or
"org" to represent an individual or an organization, respectively.
3.4. Language
The JSContact "language" property SHOULD be set when localizations
are specified (i.e. the "localizations" property is not null).
3.5. Map Keys
Since most of the JSCard collections are represented as maps, map
keys must be defined. A JSContact map key MUST comply with the
definition of the Id type. To aid interoperability, RDAP providers
MUST use the following Id values related to string values and labels
defined in [RFC5733]:
* "org" in the "organizations" map when there is a single
<contact:org> element. If both internationalised and localized
forms exist, the key MUST be used for the internationalised form;
* "addr" in the "addresses" map when there is a single
<contact:addr> element. If both internationalised and localized
forms exist, the key MUST be used for the internationalised form;
* "email" in the "emails" map when there is a single <contact:email>
element;
* "voice" in the "phones" map for the <contact:voice> element;
* "fax" in the "phones" map for the <contact:fax> element.
Additional keys of the "links" map that MUST be used to represent
contact links which result from converting jCard "uri" and "contact-
uri" properties are:
* "url" used for the unique or preferred contact url (e.g. a web
site). The "kind" property of the JSContact "Link" object MUST
NOT be set;
* "contact-uri" used for the contact uri as defined in [RFC8605].
The "kind" property of the JSContact "Link" object MUST be set to
"contact".
The information needed to register the JSContact Id values in the
"RDAP JSON Values" registry [RFC9083] is described in Section 6.2.
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An unregistered Id value used for the aforementioned maps or others
SHOULD comply with the following scheme: "<map name>-<sequential
number>" (e.g. "addresses-1", "addresses-2").
3.6. Localizations
If present, the localized versions of name, organization and postal
address MUST be added to the "localizations" map. With reference to
the defintion of localization in [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact], an RDAP
response with JSContact content MUST expand all localizations (i.e. a
patch key using the syntax "{key1}/{key2}/.../{keyN}" is not
allowed). The following is an elided example of an RDAP entity
lookup response including a JSCard object that presents a localized
postal address (See PDF for non-ASCII character string).
...
"jscard": {
"@type": "Card",
"@version": "1.0",
"uid": "7812cafe-336e-5969-988b-ad68f78ae90f",
"language": "en",
"name": {
"full": "Vasya Pupkin"
},
"organizations": {
"org": {
"name": "My Company"
}
},
"addresses": {
"addr": {
"components": [
{ "kind": "name", "value": "1 Street" },
{ "kind": "postOfficeBox", "value": "01001" },
{ "kind": "locality", "value": "Kyiv" }
],
"countryCode": "UA"
}
},
"localizations": {
"ua": {
"addresses": {
"addr": {
"components": [
{ "kind": "name", "value": "1, Улица" },
{ "kind": "postOfficeBox", "value": "01001" },
{ "kind": "locality", "value": "Киев" }
],
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"countryCode": "UA"
}
},
"name": {
"full": "Вася Пупкин"
},
"organizations": {
"org": {
"name": "Моя Компания"
}
}
}
}
}
...
Figure 1: Example of handling localizations in JSContact
3.7. Example of using JSContact in RDAP response
The following is an example of an RDAP entity including a JSCard
object.
{
"rdapConformance": [
"rdap_level_0",
"jscard"
],
"objectClassName": "entity",
"handle":"XXXX",
"jscard":{
"@type": "Card",
"@version": "1.0",
"uid": "74b64df3-2d60-56b4-9df3-8594886f4456",
"language": "en",
"name": {
"full": "Joe User",
"components": [
{ "kind": "surname", "value": "User" },
{ "kind": "given", "value": "Joe" }
]
},
"organizations": {
"org": {
"name": "Example"
}
},
"addresses": {
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"addr": {
"components": [
{ "kind": "name", "value": "4321 Rue Somewhere" },
{ "kind": "extension", "value": "Suite 1234" },
{ "kind": "locality", "value": "Quebec" },
{ "kind": "region", "value": "QC" },
{ "kind": "postcode", "value": "G1V 2M2" },
{ "kind": "country", "value": "Canada" }
],
"countryCode": "CA",
"coordinates": "geo:46.772673,-71.282945"
},
"addresses-1": {
"full": "123 Maple Ave Vancouver BC 1239"
"contexts": { "private": true }
}
},
"phones": {
"voice": {
"features": { "voice": true },
"number": "tel:+1-555-555-1234"
},
"fax": {
"features": { "fax": true },
"number": "tel:+1-555-555-4321"
}
},
"emails": {
"email": {
"address": "joe.user@example.com"
}
},
"links": {
"url": {
"uri": "https://www.example.com"
},
"contact-uri": {
"kind": "contact",
"uri": "mailto:contact@example.com"
}
}
},
"roles":[ "registrar" ],
"publicIds":[
{
"type":"IANA Registrar ID",
"identifier":"1"
}
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],
"links":[
{
"value":"https://example.com/entity/XXXX",
"rel":"self",
"href":"https://example.com/entity/XXXX",
"type" : "application/rdap+json"
}
],
"events":[
{
"eventAction":"registration",
"eventDate":"1990-12-31T23:59:59Z"
}
],
"asEventActor":[
{
"eventAction":"last changed",
"eventDate":"1991-12-31T23:59:59Z"
}
]
}
Figure 2: Example of using JSContact in RDAP response
3.8. Query Parameters
One new query parameter is defined for the purpose of this document.
The parameter is an OPTIONAL extension of queries defined in
[RFC9082] as well as any RDAP query described by a future document
whose response includes contact information. It is as follows:
"jscard": a boolean value that allows a client to request the
"jscard" property in the RDAP response;
This parameter is further explained in Section 4.2.2.2.
3.9. Reverse Search Properties
The use of JSContact updates the mappings of two reverse search
properties, namely "fn" and "email", defined in
[I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-reverse-search]. Such new mappings are
registered in the Reverse Search Mapping registry as described in
Section 6.3.
4. Transition Considerations
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4.1. RDAP Features Supporting a Transition Process
4.1.1. Notices and Link Relationships
RDAP allows servers to communicate service information to clients
through notices. According to Section 4.3 of [RFC9083], an RDAP
response may contain one or more notice objects. Each notice may
include a set of link objects, which can be used to provide clients
with references and documentation. These link objects may have a
"rel" property which defines the relationship type, as described in
[RFC8288], Section 4. The transition process outlined in this
document uses two link relation types, namely "related" and
"alternate", described in [RFC8288].
4.1.2. rdapConformance Property
The information about the specifications used in the construction of
the response is also described by the strings which appear in the
"rdapConformance" property of the RDAP response.
4.2. Transition Procedure
The principles of the procedure for jCard to JSCard transition are
based on the best practices in [API-DEPRECATION].
The procedure consists of three contiguous stages. During the
procedure, the presence of "jscard" tag in the rdapConformance array
indicates that JSCard is returned instead of jCard. The date and
time format used to notify clients about the stages of this procedure
is defined in [RFC3339].
4.2.1. Goals
The procedure described in this document aims to achieve the
following goals:
* only one contact representation would be included in the response;
* the response would always be compliant to [RFC9083] because:
- being the "jscard" property a response extension, its presence
would be signaled by the "jscard" conformance tag;
- being "vcardArray" property optional in a response, its absence
would be allowed;
* clients would be informed about the transition timeline;
* the backward compatibility would be guaranteed throughout the
transition;
* servers and clients could execute their transitions independently.
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4.2.2. Transition Stages
4.2.2.1. Stage 1: only jCard provided
This stage corresponds to providing jCard as the default contact card
[RFC9083]. The RDAP server is not able to provide an alternate
format for the contact card. The rdapConformance array MUST NOT
contain the "jscard" tag.
4.2.2.2. Stage 2: jCard sunset
During this stage, the server uses jCard by default, but the RDAP
server will return JSCard if the client sets the query parameter
"jscard" to 1/true/yes. The rdapConformance array MUST contain the
"jscard" tag if JSCard is returned.
From this stage on, the RDAP server MUST include the "jscard" tag in
the rdapConformance array of the help response to signal clients that
JSCard can be returned instead of jCard.
If JSCard is not requested, the RDAP server SHOULD include a notice
titled "jCard sunset end". Such a notice includes a description
reporting the jCard sunset end date and time and two OPTIONAL links:
* "related": a link to a URI-identified resource documenting the
transition procedure;
* "alternate": a link to an alternate result view identified by the
current query string plus the parameter "jscard" set to 1/true/yes
(Figure 3).
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"notices": [
{
"title": "jCard sunset end",
"description": ["2022-12-31T23:59:59Z"],
"links": [{
"value": "https://example.net/entity/XXXX",
"rel": "related",
"type": "text/html",
"href": "https://www.example.com/jcard_deprecation.html"
},
{
"value": "https://example.net/entity/XXXX",
"rel": "alternate",
"type": "application/rdap+json",
"href": " https://example.net/entity/XXXX?jscard=1"
}
]
}
]
Figure 3: jCard sunset - JSCard not requested
4.2.2.3. Stage 3: jCard deprecation
This stage corresponds to providing JSCard as default contact card.
The rdapConformance array always contains "jscard" tag. The RDAP
server doesn't include any notice about the jCard deprecation
process. The "jscard" query parameter MUST be ignored.
FOR DISCUSSION: should server signal the end of the transition by
including the "jcard_deprecated" value in the rdapConformance array ?
Would its usage be compliant with the rdapConformance definition in
RFC 9083 ?
4.2.2.4. Length
The length of the jCard sunset period is not fixed by this
specification. Best practices in REST API deprecation suggest that,
depending on the deprecated API's reach, user base and service
offering, a convenient time could be anywhere between 3 - 8 months.
Anyway, RDAP providers are RECOMMENDED to monitor the server log to
figure out whether the declared time need to be changed to meet
client requirements.
5. Implementation Status
NOTE: Please remove this section and the reference to RFC 7942 prior
to publication as an RFC.
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This section records the status of known implementations of the
protocol defined by this specification at the time of posting of this
Internet-Draft, and is based on a proposal described in RFC 7942
[RFC7942]. The description of implementations in this section is
intended to assist the IETF in its decision processes in progressing
drafts to RFCs. Please note that the listing of any individual
implementation here does not imply endorsement by the IETF.
Furthermore, no effort has been spent to verify the information
presented here that was supplied by IETF contributors. This is not
intended as, and must not be construed to be, a catalog of available
implementations or their features. Readers are advised to note that
other implementations may exist.
According to RFC 7942, "this will allow reviewers and working groups
to assign due consideration to documents that have the benefit of
running code, which may serve as evidence of valuable experimentation
and feedback that have made the implemented protocols more mature.
It is up to the individual working groups to use this information as
they see fit".
5.1. IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Server
* Responsible Organization: Institute of Informatics and Telematics
of National Research Council (IIT-CNR)/Registro.it
* Location: https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/
(https://rdap.pubtest.nic.it/domain/nic.it?jscard=1)
* Description: This implementation includes support for RDAP queries
using data from the public test environment of .it ccTLD.
* Level of Maturity: This is an "alpha" test implementation.
* Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
described in this specification.
* Contact Information: Mario Loffredo, mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it
5.2. IIT-CNR/Registro.it RDAP Client
* Responsible Organization: Institute of Informatics and Telematics
of National Research Council (IIT-CNR)/Registro.it
* Location: https://web-rdap.pubtest.nic.it/
* Description: This is a Javascript web-based RDAP client. RDAP
responses are retrieved from RDAP servers by the browser, parsed
into an HTML representation, and displayed in a format improving
the user experience. RDAP responses containing JSCard objects are
handled identically to those containing jCard objects. Raw
versions of RDAP responses including either jCard or JSCard
objects are provided.
* Level of Maturity: This is an "alpha" test implementation.
* Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
described in this specification.
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* Contact Information: Francesco Donini, francesco.donini@iit.cnr.it
5.3. client.rdap.org
* Location: https://client.rdap.org/
* Description: This is a web-based "single page" RDAP client. RDAP
responses are retrieved from RDAP servers by the browser, and
parsed into an HTML representation. RDAP responses containing
JSCard objects are handled identically to those containing jCard
objects.
* Level of Maturity: This is an "alpha" test implementation.
* Coverage: This implementation implements client support for
parsing JSCard objects in RDAP responses.
* Contact Information: Gavin Brown, feedback@rdap.org
5.4. CentralNic Registry
* Responsible Organization: CentralNic Group PLC
* Location: https://rdap.centralnic.com/{tld}
* Description: This server is the product RDAP service for all top-
level domains on the CentralNic registry platform.
* Level of Maturity: Production quality.
* Coverage: This implementation includes all of the features
described in this specification.
* Contact Information: support@centralnic.com
6. IANA Considerations
6.1. RDAP Extensions Registry
IANA is requested to register the following values in the RDAP
Extensions Registry:
* Extension identifier: jscard
* Registry operator: Any
* Published specification: This document.
* Contact: IETF <iesg@ietf.org>
* Intended usage: This extension prefix identifier is used for the
"jscard" member returned in the JSON response
[I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact].
6.2. RDAP JSON Values Registry
With regard to the fields of the "RDAP JSON Values" registry
[RFC9083], the "JSContact Id Value" type SHALL be used to register
the RDAP values for the JSContact Id type as defined in Section 3.5.
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IANA is requested to register the following values in the "RDAP JSON
Values" registry:
Value: org
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "organizations" map
identifiying the contact organization.
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
Value: addr
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "addresses" map identifiying
the unique or preferred contact postal address.
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
Value: email
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "emails" map identifiying the
unique or preferred contact email address.
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
Value: voice
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "phones" map identifiying the
unique or preferred contact voice number.
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
Value: fax
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "phones" map identifiying the
unique or preferred contact fax number.
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
Value: url
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "links" map identifiying the
unique or preferred url.
Registrant Name: IESG
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Reference: This document
Value: contact-uri
Type: JSContact Id Value
Description: The key in the JSContact "links" map identifiying the
contact uri as defined in [RFC8605].
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
6.3. RDAP Reverse Search Mapping Registry
IANA is requested to register the following entries in the the "RDAP
Reverse Search Mapping" registry
[I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-reverse-search]:
Searchable Resource Type: domains, nameservers, entities
Related Resource Type: entity
Property: fn
Property Path:
$.entities[*].jscard.[name.full,localizations.*.name.full]
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
Searchable Resource Type: domains, nameservers, entities
Related Resource Type: entity
Property: email
Property Path: $.entities[*].jscard.emails.email.address
Registrant Name: IESG
Registrant Contact Information: iesg@ietf.org
Reference: This document
7. Security Considerations
Unlike what happens for the "fn" property in jCard, the only
mandatory property in JSContact, namely "uid", is not a sensitive
information. Nevertheless, RDAP operators can redact it to prevent
results from being correlated. Hence, with reference to what is
described in [I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-redacted], a redaction method must
be selected based on the "uid" format.
If "uid" is represented as a URN in the uuid namespace, the most
appropriate choice is using the "Replacement Value" method along with
the nil UUID as replacing value. If it is provided in the free-text
format, the "Empty Value" method should be preferred. Otherwise, an
URI value can be redacted by using any of the two methods above. For
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example, the URL of the RDAP entity corresponding to the contact
(e.g. "https://example.com/rdap/entity/XYZ12345") can be redacted by
replacing the entity handle with a fixed literal (e.g
"https://example.com/rdap/entity/XXXXX").
8. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals for
their contributions to this document: Jasdip Singh, Andrew Newton,
Marc Blanchet, Rick Wilhelm and Francesco Donini.
9. References
9.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Stepanek, R. and M. Loffredo, "JSContact: A JSON
representation of contact data", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-16, 8 November
2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
calext-jscontact-16>.
[I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard]
Loffredo, M. and R. Stepanek, "JSContact: Converting from
and to vCard", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard-14, 8 November 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-calext-
jscontact-vcard-14>.
[I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-reverse-search]
Loffredo, M. and M. Martinelli, "Registration Data Access
Protocol (RDAP) Reverse Search", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-regext-rdap-reverse-search-26,
13 November 2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
draft-ietf-regext-rdap-reverse-search-26>.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.
[RFC5733] Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
Contact Mapping", STD 69, RFC 5733, DOI 10.17487/RFC5733,
August 2009, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5733>.
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[RFC6350] Perreault, S., "vCard Format Specification", RFC 6350,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6350, August 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6350>.
[RFC7095] Kewisch, P., "jCard: The JSON Format for vCard", RFC 7095,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7095, January 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7095>.
[RFC7942] Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running
Code: The Implementation Status Section", BCP 205,
RFC 7942, DOI 10.17487/RFC7942, July 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7942>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8288] Nottingham, M., "Web Linking", RFC 8288,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8288, October 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8288>.
[RFC9082] Hollenbeck, S. and A. Newton, "Registration Data Access
Protocol (RDAP) Query Format", STD 95, RFC 9082,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9082, June 2021,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9082>.
[RFC9083] Hollenbeck, S. and A. Newton, "JSON Responses for the
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", STD 95,
RFC 9083, DOI 10.17487/RFC9083, June 2021,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083>.
9.2. Informative References
[API-DEPRECATION]
Sandoval, K., "How to Smartly Sunset and Deprecate APIs",
August 2019, <https://web.archive.org/web/20200417084255/
https://nordicapis.com/how-to-smartly-sunset-and-
deprecate-apis/>.
[I-D.ietf-jsonpath-base]
Gössner, S., Normington, G., and C. Bormann, "JSONPath:
Query expressions for JSON", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-ietf-jsonpath-base-21, 24 September 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
jsonpath-base-21>.
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[I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-redacted]
Gould, J., Smith, D., Kolker, J., and R. Carney, "Redacted
Fields in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Response", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
regext-rdap-redacted-16, 27 November 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-regext-
rdap-redacted-16>.
[RDAP-PILOT-WG]
ICANN RDAP Pilot WG, "RDAP Pilot Report", April 2019,
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rdap-pilot-
report-25apr19-en.pdf>.
[RFC8605] Hollenbeck, S. and R. Carney, "vCard Format Extensions:
ICANN Extensions for the Registration Data Access Protocol
(RDAP)", RFC 8605, DOI 10.17487/RFC8605, May 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8605>.
Appendix A. jCard-JSContact Mapping
Provided that the keys defined in Section 3.5 are used for the
JSContact maps, the mapping between the most commonly used jCard
properties in an RDAP response and their JSContact counterparts is
shown in the following. The mapping is done through the use of
JSONPath expressions [I-D.ietf-jsonpath-base].
jCard property: fn
Reference: Section 6.2.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='fn')][3]
JSContact property: Name.full
Reference: Section 2.2.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.[name.full,localizations.*.name.full]
jCard property: "family name" component of n
Reference: Section 6.2.2 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='n')][3][0]
JSContact property: "postOfficeBox" NameComponent of Name.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[name.components[?(@.kind=='surname')].value,localizatio
ns.*.name.components[?(@.kind=='surname')].value]
jCard property: "given name" component of n
Reference: Section 6.2.2 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='n')][3][1]
JSContact property: "given" NameComponent of Name.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
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Path:
$..jscard.[name.components[?(@.kind=='given')].value,localizations
.*.name.components[?(@.kind=='given')].value]
jCard property: n
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='n')]
JSContact property: Name
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.[name,localizations.*.name]
jCard property: org
Reference: Section 6.6.4 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='org')][3]
JSContact property: Organization.name
Reference: Section 2.2.2 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[organizations.org.name,localizations.*.organizations.or
g.name]
jCard property: tel with type="voice"
Reference: Section 6.4.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[1].type=='voice')][3]
JSContact property: Phone.number
Reference: Section 2.3.3 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.phones.voice.number
jCard property: tel with type="fax"
Reference: Section 6.4.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[1].type=='fax')][3]
JSContact property: Phone.number
Reference: Section 2.3.3 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.phones.fax.number
jCard property: email
Reference: Section 6.4.2 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='email')][3]
JSContact property: Email.address
Reference: Section 2.3.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[emails.email.address,localizations.*.emails.email.addre
ss]
jCard property: "label" parameter of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][1].label
JSContact property: Address.full
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
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Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.adr.full,localizations.*.addresses.adr.full]
jCard property: "post office box" component of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][1]
JSContact property: "postOfficeBox" AddressComponent of
Address.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='postOfficeBox')].v
alue,localizations.*.addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='postOffi
ceBox')].value]
jCard property: "street address" component of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][2]
JSContact property: "name" AddressComponent of Address.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='name')].value,loca
lizations.*.addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='name')].value]
jCard property: "locality" component of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][3]
JSContact property: "locality" AddressComponent of
Address.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='locality')].value,
localizations.*.addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='locality')].v
alue]
jCard property: "region" component of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][4]
JSContact property: "region" AddressComponent of Address.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='region')].value,lo
calizations.*.addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='region')].value
]
jCard property: "postal code" component of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][5]
JSContact property: "postcode" AddressComponent of
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Address.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='postcode')].value,
localizations.*.addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='postcode')].v
alue]
jCard property: "country name" component of adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][3][6]
JSContact property: "country" AddressComponent of Address.components
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='country')].value,l
ocalizations.*.addresses.addr.components[?(@.kind=='country')].val
ue]
jCard property: "cc" parameter of adr
Reference: Section 3.1 of [RFC8605]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')][1].cc
JSContact property: Address.countryCode
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path:
$..jscard.[addresses.addr.countryCode,localizations.*.addresses.ad
dr.countryCode]
jCard property: adr
Reference: Section 6.3.1 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='adr')]
JSContact property: Address
Reference: Section 2.5.1 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.[addresses.addr,localizations.*.addresses.addr]
jCard property: contact-uri
Reference: Section 2.1 of [RFC8605]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='contact-uri')]
JSContact property: Link.uri
Reference: Section 2.6.3 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.links.contact-uri.uri
jCard property: url
Reference: Section 6.7.8 of [RFC6350]
Path: $..vcardArray[1][?(@[0]=='url')]
JSContact property: Link.uri
Reference: Section 2.6.3 of [I-D.ietf-calext-jscontact]
Path: $..jscard.links.url.uri
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Appendix B. Change Log
B.1. Change from 00 to 01
1. Changed category from "Best Current Practice" to "Standards
Track"
2. Replaced the example of Figure 2
3. Changed the title of the "Migration from JCard to JSCard"
section to "Transition Considerations"
4. Added Section 3.8
5. Updated Section 6
6. Updated Section 7
7. Rearranged the description of stage 1 in Section 4.2.2
8. Changed the names of the transition stages 1 and 2
9. Corrected examples
10. Changed the rdapConformance tag "jscard_level_0" to "jscard"
11. Removed the "Best Practices for deprecating a REST API features"
section,but added a useful reference.
B.2. Change from 01 to 02
1. Removed the sentence "which cannot be represented using jCard" in
Section 1.1.
B.3. Change from 02 to 03
1. Updated section "Conventions Used in This Document".
2. Updated the contact in "IANA Considerations" section.
3. Changed the reference draft-loffredo-calext-jscontact-vcard to
draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-vcard.
4. Added reference to RFC8174.
5. Other minor edits.
B.4. Change from 03 to 04
1. Updated the reference draft-dalal-deprecation-header to draft-
ietf-httpapi-deprecation-header.
B.5. Initial WG version
1. Ported from draft-loffredo-regext-rdap-jcard-deprecation-04
renamed to draft-ietf-regext-rdap-jscontact-00.
B.6. Change from 00 to 01
1. Updated Section 3 and Figure 2.
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B.7. Change from 01 to 02
1. Updated Section 2 and Figure 2.
B.8. Change from 02 to 03
1. Replaced references to obsolete RFC7482 and RFC7483 with RFC9082
and RFC9083.
2. Updated Section 3 and Figure 2.
B.9. Change from 03 to 04
1. Changed the references to Internet Drafts.
2. Added an example showing how localizations are treated in
JSContact.
3. Changed the position of section "Goals" in Section 4.2.
4. Added three more implementations to Section 5.
5. Changed the rdapConformance tag "jscard" to "jscard_0"
6. Added clarifications addressing the feedback provided by Jasdip
Singh about version -03.
7. Added Section 8.
8. Other minor edits.
B.10. Change from 04 to 05
1. Updated Figure 2 to make it compliant with draft-ietf-jmap-
jscontact-09.
B.11. Change from 05 to 06
1. Reviewed the notices presented in stages.
B.12. Change from 06 to 07
1. Corrected the JSON Pointer expressions in Figure 1.
2. Other minor edits.
B.13. Change from 07 to 08
1. Corrected a nit in Figure 1.
2. Removed the reference to draft-ietf-httpapi-deprecation-header.
3. Replaced the "deprecation" link relation type with "related".
4. Moved the references to JSContact drafts to the "Normative
References" section.
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B.14. Change from 08 to 09
1. Updated the references to JSContact drafts due to the transfer
from JMAP to CalExt.
B.15. Change from 09 to 10
1. Updated Figure 2 to make it compliant with draft-ietf-calext-
jscontact-02.
B.16. Change from 10 to 11
1. Added Appendix "jCard-JSContact Mapping".
B.17. Change from 11 to 12
1. Renamed the "jscard" property to "jscard_0".
2. Corrected JSONPath expressions in Appendix A.
B.18. Change from 12 to 13
1. Reverted the names of response extension, the rdapConformance tag
and extension identifier from "jscard_0" to "jscard".
2. Corrected Figure 1 by removing initial '/' character from
JSONPath notations related to localizations.
B.19. Change from 13 to 14
1. Corrected Figure 2 by replacing "online" property with
"cryptoKeys" and "links" properties.
B.20. Change from 14 to 15
1. Corrected Figure 1, Figure 2 and Appendix A to make them
compliant with draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-06.
2. Removed mention of JSContact CardGroup object.
3. Renamed and changed Section 3.
4. Added Section 6.2.
B.21. Change from 14 to 15
1. Corrected Figure 1, Figure 2 and Appendix A to make them
compliant with draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-06.
2. Removed mention of JSContact CardGroup object.
3. Renamed and changed Section 3.
4. Added Section 6.2.
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B.22. Change from 15 to 16
1. Replaced JSContact "type" with "kind" in figures.
2. Removed "jCard deprecation" stage and "jcard" query parameter.
3. Renamed "jCard deprecated" stage into "jCard deprecation".
4. Rephrased Section 7.
5. Corrected JSContact examples based on draft-ietf-calext-
jscontact-11.
6. Fixed nits.
B.23. Change from 16 to 17
1. Fixed Figure 1, Figure 2, Section 6.3 and Appendix A to make them
compliant with draft-ietf-calext-jscontact-16 and purge them of
the JSContact properties which are hardly used in RDAP.
2. Rearranged Section 3.
3. Added other mapping correspondences to Appendix A.
Authors' Addresses
Mario Loffredo
IIT-CNR/Registro.it
Via Moruzzi,1
56124 Pisa
Italy
Email: mario.loffredo@iit.cnr.it
URI: http://www.iit.cnr.it
Gavin Brown
CentralNic Group plc
Saddlers House, 44 Gutter Lane
London
EC2V 6BR
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 33 88 0600
Email: gavin.brown@centralnic.com
URI: https://www.centralnic.com
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