A Naming Scheme for c=US
RFC 1255
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RFC - Informational
(September 1991; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 1417
Obsoletes RFC 1218
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Network Working Group The North American Directory Forum Request for Comments: 1255 September 1991 Obsoletes: RFC 1218 A Naming Scheme for c=US Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Summary This RFC is a near-verbatim copy of a document, known as NADF-175, which has been produced by the North American Directory Forum (NADF). The NADF is a collection of organizations which offer, or plan to offer, public Directory services in North America, based on the CCITT X.500 Recommendations. As a part of its charter, the NADF must reach agreement as to how entries are named in the public portions of the North American Directory. NADF-175 represents the NADF's agreement in this area. Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................... 2 2 Approach .............................................. 2 2.1 Names and User-Friendliness ......................... 3 2.2 Choice of RDN Names ................................. 3 2.3 Outline of the Scheme ............................... 4 3 The Naming Process .................................... 4 3.1 Right-To-Use ........................................ 4 3.2 Registration ........................................ 6 3.3 Publication ......................................... 6 4 Structuring Objects ................................... 7 4.1 The National Level .................................. 7 4.2 The Regional Level .................................. 7 4.3 The Local Level ..................................... 9 4.4 ADDMD Operators ..................................... 10 4.5 Summary of Structuring Objects ...................... 11 5 Entity Objects ........................................ 12 5.1 Organizations ....................................... 12 5.1.1 Kinds of Organizations ............................ 12 5.1.2 Modeling Organizations ............................ 13 5.2 Persons ............................................. 14 6 Listing Entities ...................................... 15 6.1 Organizations ....................................... 15 NADF [Page 1] RFC 1255 A Naming Scheme for c=US September 1991 6.2 Persons ............................................. 16 7 Usage Examples ........................................ 17 7.1 Organizations with National-Standing ................ 17 7.2 Organizations with Regional-Standing ................ 18 7.3 Organizations with Local-Standing ................... 19 7.4 Organizations with Foreign-Standing ................. 20 7.5 Persons ............................................. 21 8 Bibliography .......................................... 22 Appendix A: Revision History of this Scheme ............. 22 Security Considerations ................................. 25 Author's Address ........................................ 25 A Naming Scheme for c=US The North American Directory Forum Supercedes: NADF-166, 143, 123, 103, 71 July 12, 1991 1. Introduction Computer networks form the infrastructure between the users they interconnect, and networks are built on an underlying naming and numbering infrastructure, usually in the form of names and addresses. For example, some authority must exist to assign network addresses to ensure that numbering collisions do not occur. This is of paramount importance for an environment which consists of multiple service providers. 2. Approach It should be observed that there are several different naming universes that could be used in the Directory Information Tree (DIT). For example, geographical naming, community naming, political naming, organizational naming, and so on. The choice of naming universe largely determines the difficulty in mapping a user's query into a series of Directory operations to find useful information. Although it is possible to simultaneously support multiple naming universes with the DIT, this is likely to be unnatural. As such, this scheme focuses on a single naming universe. The naming universe in this scheme is based on civil authority. That is, it uses the existing civil naming infrastructure and suggests a (nearly) straight-forward mapping on the DIT. An important characteristic is that entries can be listed wherever searches for them are likely to occur. This implies that a single object may be listed as several separate entries. NADF [Page 2]Show full document text