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
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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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 20081. 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
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