Registration of Second-Level URI Namespaces Under "ietf"
draft-leiba-urnbis-ietf-namespace-01

Network Working Group                                           B. Leiba
Internet-Draft                                       Huawei Technologies
Updates: 2648,3553 (if approved)                         January 7, 2013
Intended status: Informational
Expires: July 11, 2013

        Registration of Second-Level URI Namespaces Under "ietf"
                  draft-leiba-urnbis-ietf-namespace-01

Abstract

   RFC 2648 defines the "ietf" URN namespace, and defines a number of
   sub-namespaces.  RFC 3553 defines an additional sub-namespace,
   "params", and creates a registry to document allocations under that.
   But there is no registry that lists, in one place, all sub-namespaces
   of "ietf".  This document creates and populates such a registry.

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1.  Introduction

   "A URN Namespace for IETF Documents" [RFC2648] defines the "ietf" URN
   namespace, and defines a number of sub-namespaces.  "An IETF URN Sub-
   namespace for Registered Protocol Parameters" [RFC3553] defines an
   additional sub-namespace, "params", and creates a registry to
   document allocations under that.  But there is no registry that
   lists, in one place, all sub-namespaces of "ietf".  This document
   creates and populates such a registry, and updates RFC 2648 and RFC
   3553 to refer readers of those documents to this registry.

2.  IANA Considerations

   There is currently a top-level registry group called "IETF Protocol
   Parameter Identifiers", which contains one registry, "IETF URN Sub-
   namespace for Registered Protocol Parameters".  IANA is asked to take
   the following three actions:

   Action 1: Rename the group "IETF Protocol Parameter Identifiers",
   giving it the new name "Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for
   IETF Use".  The existing registry in that group will remain, and its
   name will be unchanged.

   Action 2: Add a new registry to the renamed group.  The new registry
   will be called "IETF URN Sub-namespaces", and new registrations will
   use the IETF Review policy [RFC5226], which provides for IETF
   consensus in order to add a new URN namespace under "ietf".  The new
   registry will appear first in the group, to provide a human-friendly,
   top-down resolution of the namespace hierarchy.

   Action 3: Populate the new registry as follows:

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   IETF URN Sub-namespaces

   Registration Procedures: IETF Review
   Reference: [RFCXXXX]

   Note: This is the Official Registry for sub-namespaces of the 'IETF'
   URN Namespace.

   Sub-namespace | Reference | IANA Registry Reference
   --------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------
   rfc           | [RFC2648] | none
   fyi           | [RFC2648] | none
   std           | [RFC2648] | none
   bcp           | [RFC2648] | none
   id            | [RFC2648] | none
   mtg           | [RFC2648] | none
   params        | [RFC3553] | [http://www.iana.org/assignments/params]
   --------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------

   [[anchor1: IANA and RFC Editor: Please replace "XXXX", above, with
   this RFC number, and remove this note.]]

3.  Security Considerations

   This is a procedural document, and is entirely unrelated to security.

4.  References

4.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2648]  Moats, R., "A URN Namespace for IETF Documents", RFC 2648,
              August 1999.

   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
              May 2008.

4.2.  Informative References

   [RFC3553]  Mealling, M., Masinter, L., Hardie, T., and G. Klyne, "An
              IETF URN Sub-namespace for Registered Protocol
              Parameters", BCP 73, RFC 3553, June 2003.

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Author's Address

   Barry Leiba
   Huawei Technologies

   Phone: +1 646 827 0648
   Email: barryleiba@computer.org
   URI:   http://internetmessagingtechnology.org/

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