INTERNET-DRAFT Jurijs Kornijenko
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Obsoletes: RFC 3383 02 February 2006
A URN Namespace for the Latvian National Government Integration Project
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Abstract
This document describes a Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace that is
engineered by a consortium (general contractor - Olimps Ltd and
subcontractors - ABC software LTD, Microsoft Latvia LTD,
RIX Technologies LTD and Microlink LTD) for naming information resources
published and produced by the Latvian National Government Integration
Project (latvian abbreviation - IVIS).
1. Introduction
The IVIS uses and produces many kinds of information resources such as:
E-services, E-service instances, specifications, standards, working
documents, XML schemas, etc., which ID in IVIS has to be unique for
global use every time.
2. Specification Template
2.1 Namespace ID:
"IVIS" requested.
2.2 Registration information:
Registration Version Number: 1
Registration Date: 2006-MM-DD
2.3 Declared registrant of the namespace:
Name: Jurijs Kornijenko
Title: software architect
Affiliation: Mag.sc.ing.
Address: Tallinas - 51, Riga, LV-1012
Phone: +371 7082635
Email: j.kornienko@abcsoftware.lv
2.4 Declaration of structure:
The Namespace Specific String (NSS) of all URNs assigned by the
IVIS will have the following hierarchical structure:
<NID> ::= "IVIS"
<NSS> ::= <IVIS Org ID>:<ResID - suffix>
<IVIS Org ID> ::= <number> { subsystem ID from IVIS database}
<ResID - suffix> ::= <upper> | <lower> | <number> | <other>
{an ID generated by IVIS subsystem and that is unique within
this subsystem}
<other> ::= "(" | ")" | "+" | "," | "-" | "." |
"=" | "@" | ";" | "$" |
"_" | "!" | "*"
<upper> ::= "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" | "G" | "H" |
"I" | "J" | "K" | "L" | "M" | "N" | "O" | "P" |
"Q" | "R" | "S" | "T" | "U" | "V" | "W" | "X" |
"Y" | "Z"
<lower> ::= "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f" | "g" | "h" |
"i" | "j" | "k" | "l" | "m" | "n" | "o" | "p" |
"q" | "r" | "s" | "t" | "u" | "v" | "w" | "x" |
"y" | "z"
<number> ::= "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" |
"8" | "9"
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2.5 Relevant ancillary documentation:
IVIS ancillary documentation is under development.
2.6 Identifier uniqueness considerations:
Uniqueness is guaranteed by the IVIS that issues the numbers.
The numbers are not re-assigned.
2.7 Identifier persistence considerations:
Persistence of identifiers is dependent upon the persistence of
the system name assignment by system name holders.
2.8 Process of identifier assignment:
All the assignments of identifiers are fully controlled and managed
by the IVIS and its subsystems.
2.9 Process of identifier resolution:
The holders of system names are responsible for operating or delegating
resolution servers for the system in which they have assigned URNs.
2.10 Rules for Lexical Equivalence:
The entire URN is case-insensitive.
2.11 Conformance with URN syntax:
IVIS schema URN fully conforms to RFC2141 syntax except that symbols "'"
un ":" were
excluded from <other>.
2.12 Validation mechanism:
<IVIS Org ID> could be validated by using special IVIS database service.
<ResID - suffix> could be validated by appropriate subsystem.
2.13 Scope:
Global.
3. Example
The following examples are not guaranteed to be real. They are provided
for pedagogical reasons only:
URN:IVIS:100001:DOC-METADATA
URN:IVIS:100002:NDR1021365
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4. Community Considerations
Every Latvian ministry, local authority produces many kinds of different
documents, offers public services. Each of the information resources is
unique identified within authority-producer already. IVIS URN namespace
helps to unify information resource identifiers by using existent
Latvian government authority identification procedures to produce
E-services and different documents where many parties are involved.
Any citizen or organization with Internet web browser capability
will be entitled to access the namespace and its associated
application, registration and resolution services. The primary IVIS
namespace usage is to identify information resources, such as XML
messages, their schemas and other recourses, which can be public
or have a special destination, when a few different parties are
involved in the interchange.
5. Namespace Considerations
To select necessary identifier schema we spend many time and made
decision to URN side, because IVIS URN namespace have to resolve
the following problems:
1.Information resource uniqueness
Uniqueness gives possibility to find necessary resource and call it
anytime. Uniqueness gives stability in message sending and storing
operations.
2.Namespace understandability
IVIS URN consists of parts, which can guarantee namespace legibility.
3.Information resource resolution
One of the IVIS namespace parts identifies the place, where resource can
be found (resolved).
So, a new URN assignment is required and individual URNs shall be
assigned through the process of development of each XML schema.
6. Security Considerations
There are no additional security considerations other than those
normally associated with the use and resolution of URNs in general.
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Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the thoughtful contributions of Jurijs
Kornijenko to this document.
7. References:
7.1. Normative References
[1] Daigle, L., van Gulik, D., Iannella, R. and Falstrom P,. "Uniform
Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanisms, RFC 3406, October
2002.
[2] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and Masinter, L,. "Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 2396, August 1998.
7.2. Informative References
[3] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R and Masinter L,. "Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax draft-fielding-uri-rfc2396bis-07",
September 2004.
[4] Narten, T,. Alvestrand, H,. "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
considerations Section in RFC's", RFC 2434, October 1998.
[5] Bellifemine, F., Constantinescu, I., Willmott, S., "A Uniform
Resource Name (URN)Namespace for Foundation for Intelligent Physical
Agents (FIPA)", RFC 3616, September 2003.
[6] Mealling, M., "A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the
Liberty Alliance Project", RFC 3622, February 2004.
[7] URI Planning Interest Group, W3C/IETF (See acknowledgments)
September 2001,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-uri-clarification-20010921/.
8. Author's Addresses
Name: Jurijs Kornijenko
Address: Tallinas - 51, Riga, LV-1012
Phone: +371 7082635
Email: j.kornienko@abcsoftware.lv
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