VPIM Working Group Glenn Parsons Internet Draft Janusz Maruszak Document: <draft-ema-vpim-clid-05.txt> Nortel Networks Category: Standards Track October 2002 Calling Line Identification for Voice Mail Messages Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. Abstract This document describes a method for identifying the originating calling party in the headers of a stored voice mail message. Two new header fields are defined for this purpose: CallerÏID and CalledÏName. CallerÏid is used to store sufficient information for the recipient to callback, or reply to, the sender of the message. Called-name provides the name of the person sending the message Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 1 Calling Line Identification October 2002 Table of Contents 1. Introduction....................................................3 2. Conventions used in this document...............................3 3. Calling Line Identification Field...............................4 3.1 Internal Call...............................................4 3.2 External Call...............................................4 3.3 Numbering Plan..............................................5 4. Caller Name Field...............................................5 5. Formal Syntax...................................................6 5.1 Calling Line Identification Syntax..........................6 5.2 Caller Name Syntax..........................................6 5.3 Examples....................................................6 6. Security Considerations.........................................6 7. References......................................................7 7.1 Normative References........................................7 7.2 Informative References......................................7 8. Acknowledgments.................................................8 9. Author's Addresses..............................................9 10. Full Copyright Statement.......................................9 Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 2 Calling Line Identification October 2002 1. Introduction There is currently a need for a mechanism to identify the originating party of a voice mail message, outside of the "FROM" header information. The telephone number and name of the caller are typically available from the telephone network, but there is no obvious header field to store this in an Internet Mail message. This information is intended for use when the VPIM message format is used for storing "Call Answer" voice messages in an Internet Mail message store, i.e. the calling party leaves a voice message for the recipient, who was unable to answer the call. [VPIMV2R2] suggests the originating number be included as an Internet address, using the first method shown below. There are several other ways to store this information, but they all involve some manipulation of the "From" field. For example: 1. From: "416 555 1234" <non-mail-user@host> 2. From: "John Doe" <4165551234@host> 3. From: unknown:; As a result, it is useful to be able to store the calling party's name and number as presented to the called party without manipulation. This would allow future generation of the proper Internet address, and also display of this information to the recipient. Note that there is no requirement to store meta-data (e.g., type of number, presentation restricted) as this information is not presented to the called party and is generally not available to voice mail systems. The intent is to store the information available to an analog (non-ISDN) phone (e.g., per [T1.401] in North America). [RFC2076] currently lists "phone" as an Internet message header which would hold the originating party's telephone number, but it is listed as "non-standard", i.e. usage of this header is not generally recommended. It also has no defined format, making the information unparsable. There is no similar entry for the originator's name. It is proposed that two new message header fields be included to hold this information, namely the Calling Line Identification ("Caller-ID"), and Caller Name ("Caller-Name"). 2. 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. Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 3 Calling Line Identification October 2002 3. Calling Line Identification Field The Calling Line Identification header ("Caller-ID") is to hold sufficient information for the recipient to call back, or reply to, the sender of the message. This leads to two distinct possibilities: internal and external calling. Note that for both possibilities, the number field MUST contain only the digits of the number and MUST be representable using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange [ASCII] character set; it does not include any separating character (e.g. "-"). It is expected that default, and likely most common case, will not have any numbering plan semantic associated with the number. However, in the case that it is known, an optional "NumberingPlan" parameter MAY be used to indicate the semantic. 3.1 Internal Call For an internal call (e.g. between two extensions within the same company), it is sufficient to relay only the extension of the calling party, based on the company dialing plan. 3.2 External Call For an international call, the calling partyØs number must be the full international number as described in [E.164], i.e. Country Code (CC), National Destination Code (NDC) and Subscriber Number (SN). Other information, such as prefixes or symbols (e.g. "+"), MUST NOT be included. This requires provisioning for up to 15 digits. For a call within North America, it is also suggested to support 15 digits per [T1.625]. However, some service providers may only support 10 digits as described in [T1.401] and [GR-31-CORE]. Though it is desirable that an international number NOT be truncated to 10 digits if it contains more, it is recognized that this will happen due to limitations of various systems. Also note that the date and time can be included with the calling partyØs telephone number per [T1.401]. This MAY be used, as there is an existing "Date" Internet header to hold this information. It is a local implementation decision whether this time or the local system time be recorded in the "Date" header. Note that the other defined fields available to non-analog systems (e.g., subaddress, redirecting number), as well as the meta-data, are not intended to be stored in this header. Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 4 Calling Line Identification October 2002 3.3 Numbering Plan In this baseline case (i.e., analog lines), no numbering plan information is known or implied. However, in the case that a numbering plan is known, an optional "NumberingPlan" parameter MAY be used to indicate the semantic. Only two semantics are defined Ï "local" and "e164". "local" is the default if no numbering plan semantic is included. Further, "local" has meaning only within the FQDN of the sending system identified in the RFC 2822 "From" field. "e164". "e164" indicates that the number is as described in [E.164]. "x-" may be used to indicate vendor specific dialing plans. 4. Caller Name Field The name of the person sending the message is also important. If available, it is to be included whether the call is internal or external. This field may not be available on an international call. Further, the exact format for this field is typically a service provider option per [T1.641]. It is possible for the callerØs name to be sent in one of several character sets depending on the service provider signaling transport (e.g., ISDN-UP, SCCP, TCAP). These include: 1) International Reference Alphabet (IRA), formerly know as International Alphabet No.5 or IA5 [T.50] 2) Latin Alphabet No. 1 [8859-1] 3) American National Standard Code for Information Interchange [ASCII] 4) Character Sets for the International Teletex Service [T.61] Of these, the IRA and T.61 character set contains a number of options that help specify national and application oriented versions. If there is no agreement between parties to use these options, then the 7-bit character set in which the graphical characters of IRA, T.61 and ASCII are coded exactly the same, will be assumed. Further, the 7-bit graphical characters of [8859-1] are the same as in [ASCII]. Note that for delivery to customer equipment in North America, the calling name MUST be presented in ASCII per [T1.401]. As a result, for the caller name header defined in this document, characters are represented with ASCII characters. However, if a name is received that cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII, it MAY be stored using its native character set as defined in [RFC2047]. In the networks, the length of the name field MUST NOT exceed 50 characters, as defined in [T1.641]. However, service providers may chose to limit this further to 15 characters for delivery to customer equipment, e.g., [T1.401] and [GR-1188-CORE]. Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 5 Calling Line Identification October 2002 5. Formal Syntax Both Calling Line Identification and Caller Line follow the syntax specification using the augmented Backus-Naur Form (BNF) as described in [RFC2234]. While the semantics of these headers are defined in sections 4 and 5, the syntax uses the ÕunstructuredØ token defined in [RFC2822]: unstructured = *([FWS] utext) [FWS] 5.1 Calling Line Identification Syntax "Caller-ID" ":" 1*DIGIT [ "," "NumberingPlan=" ( "local" / "e164" / ietf-token / x-token ) ] CRLF ietf-token := <An extension token defined by a standards-track RFC and registered with IANA.> x-token := <The two characters "X-" or "x-" followed, with no intervening white space, by any token> 5.2 Caller Name Syntax "Caller-Name" ":" unstructured CRLF 5.3 Examples To: +19725551212@vm1.mycompany.com Caller-ID: 6137684087 Caller-Name: Derrick Dunne To: 6137637582@nortelnetworks.com Caller-ID: 6139416900 Caller-Name: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean_Chr=E9tien?= 6. Security Considerations There are a few scenarios of how this mechanism may fail that must be considered. The first is mentioned in section 3.2 - the truncation of an international number to 10 digits. This could result in a misinterpretation of the resulting number. For instance, an international number (e.g. from Ireland) of the form "353 91 73 3307" could be truncated to "53 91 73 3307" if received in North America, and interpreted as "539 112 3456" - a seemingly "North American" style number. Thus leaving the recipient with the incorrect information to reply to the message Ï and possibly with an annoyed callee at the North American number. Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 6 Calling Line Identification October 2002 The second scenario is the possibility of sending an internal extension to an external recipient when a Call Answer message is forwarded. This poses two problems, the recipient is given the wrong phone number, and the company's dialing plan could be exposed. The final concern deals with exercising character options that are available in coding the Calling Name field. An international system may send a message with coding options that are not available on the receiving system. Thus giving the recipient an incorrect Caller Name. Note that unlisted and restricted numbers are not a concern as these header fields are defined to contain what the called party would see (e.g., 'Private Name'), as opposed to the complete details exchanged between service providers. However, it must also be noted that this mechanism allows the explicit indication of phone numbers in the headers of an email message (used to store voice messages). While the rationale for this is reviewed in section 1, the recipient of this message may not be aware that this information is contained in the headers unless the userØs client presents the information. Its use is intended to be informative as it is when it would appear on a telephone screen. 7. References 7.1 Normative References [VPIMV2R2] Vaudreuil, Greg, Parsons, Glenn, "Voice Profile for Internet Mail, version 2", <draft-ietf-vpim-vpimv2r2-05.txt>, February 2002. [RFC2047] K. Moore, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text", RFC 2047, November 1996 [RFC2822] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Format", RFC 2822, April 2001. [RFC2234] Crocker, D. and Overell, P.(Editors), "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", RFC 2234, Internet Mail Consortium and Demon Internet Ltd., November 1997 7.2 Informative References [RFC2076] Palme, "Common Internet Message Headers", RFC 2076, February 1997 Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 7 Calling Line Identification October 2002 [E.164] ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (1997), "The international public telecommunication numbering plan" [T.50] ITU-T Recommendation T.50 (1992), "International Reference Alphabet (IRA)" [T.61] CCITT Recommendation T.61 (1988) (Withdrawn), "Character Repertoire and Coded Chaacter Sets for the International Teletex Service" [8859-1] ISO/IEC International Standard 8859-1 (1998), Information Technology Ï 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Ï Part 1: Latin Alphabet No. 1 [ASCII] American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Coded Character Set - 7-Bit American National Standard Code for Information Interchange, ANSI X3.4, 1986. [T1.401] American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Telecommunications Ï Network-to-Customer Installation Interfaces Ï Analog Voicegrade Switched Access Lines with Calling Number Delivery, Calling Name Delivery, or Visual Message-Waiting Indicator Features, ANSI T1.6401.03-1998 [T1.625] American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Telecommunications - Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Ï Calling Line identification Presentation and Restriction Supplementary Services, ANSI T1.625-1993 [T1.641] American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Telecommunications - Calling Name Identification Presentation, ANSI T1.641-1995 [GR-1188-CORE] Telcordia Technologies, "CLASS Feature: Calling Name Delivery Generic Requirements", GR-1188-CORE, Issue 2, December 2000 [GR-31-CORE] Telcordia Technologies, "CLASS Feature: Calling Number Delivery", GR-31-CORE, Issue 1, June 2000 8. Acknowledgments The previous authors of drafts of this document were Derrick Dunne and Jason Collins. The current authors would like to thank Derrick and Jason for their contributions. Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 8 Calling Line Identification October 2002 9. Author's Addresses Glenn Parsons Nortel Networks P.O. Box 3511, Station C Ottawa, ON K1Y 4H7 Phone: +1-613-763-7582 Email: gparsons@nortelnetworks.com Janusz Maruszak Phone: +1-416-651-4448 Email: jjmaruszak@sympatico.ca 10. Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than English. The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Parsons & Marusak Expires: 03/05/03 9
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