A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
RFC 5174
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(May 2008; No errata)
Was draft-evain-ebu-urn (individual in app area)
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Author | Jean-Pierre Evain | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
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Stream | WG state | (None) | |
Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 5174 (Informational) | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Responsible AD | Lisa Dusseault | ||
Send notices to | leslie@thinkingcat.com |
Network Working Group J-P. Evain Request for Comments: 5174 EBU Category: Informational May 2008 A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document describes a Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for naming persistent resources defined within EBU technical documentation and Internet resources. Example resources include technical documents and specifications, eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Schemas, classification schemes, XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs), namespaces, style sheets, media assets, and other types of resources produced or managed by the EBU. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. Specification Template ..........................................2 3. Examples ........................................................4 4. Namespace Considerations ........................................4 5. Community Considerations ........................................5 6. Security Considerations .........................................6 7. IANA Considerations .............................................6 8. Normative References ............................................6 Evain Informational [Page 1] RFC 5174 EBU URN May 2008 1. Introduction The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the largest non-for profit professional association of broadcasters worldwide and was established in 1950. The Union has more than 70 active members in 55 countries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and more than 40 associate members in 25 countries further afield. The EBU negotiates broadcasting rights for major sport events, operates the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, organizes program exchanges and co-productions, and provides other operational and legal support. It provides technical advice to its members and favors the adoption of standardized solutions in broadcast systems from content ingest to end-user delivery. EBU activities cover traditional broadcast and new delivery medias, such as the Internet, for which a growing number of resources are being developed. The EBU would like to assign unique, permanent, location-independent names based on URNs for some resources it produces or manages. This namespace specification is for a formal namespace. 2. Specification Template Namespace ID: "ebu" Registration Information: Version: 1 Date: 2007-02-20 Declared registrant of the namespace: Name: Jean-Pierre Evain Title: Senior Engineer Affiliation: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Address: Ancienne Route 17a CH-1218 Geneva SWITZERLAND Phone: +41 22 717 2734 Email: evain@ebu.ch Declaration of structure: URNs assigned by the EBU will have the following hierarchical structure based on the organizational structure of the EBU resources: Evain Informational [Page 2] RFC 5174 EBU URN May 2008 urn:ebu:{category}:{string} where "{category}" is a US-ASCII string that conforms to the syntax of the <NID>, and "{string}" is a US-ASCII string that conforms to the syntax of the <NSS> [RFC2141]. The individual URNs will be assigned by the EBU through the development process of EBU resources. Relevant ancillary documentation: More information on the EBU and relevant technical activities can be found at http://www.ebu.ch/metadata. Identifier and namespace uniqueness considerations: The EBU understands the vital necessity for uniqueness and will establish unique identifiers and namespaces under the authority of its metadata expert group under the auspices of the EBU Production Management Committee to prevent re-assignation of existing identifiers and namespaces. Identifier and namespace persistence considerations: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) shall ensure the accessibility and persistence of all resources that are officially assigned URNs by the organization, in particular upon suitable delegation at the level of "{category}"s, and persistence of category assignment. Process of identifier and namespace assignment:Show full document text