Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                          B. Rosen
Request for Comments: 6061                                       NeuStar
Category: Informational                                     January 2011
ISSN: 2070-1721

Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the National Emergency Number
                           Association (NENA)

Abstract

   This document describes the Namespace Identifier (NID) "nena" for
   Uniform Resource Name (URN) resources published by the National
   Emergency Number Association (NENA).  NENA defines and manages
   resources that utilize this URN model.  Management activities for
   these and other resource types are provided by the NENA Registry
   System (NRS).

Status of This Memo

   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
   published for informational purposes.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
   2. URN Specification for "nena" NID ................................2
   3. Examples ........................................................4
   4. Namespace Considerations ........................................5
   5. Community Considerations ........................................5
   6. Security Considerations .........................................6
   7. IANA Considerations .............................................6
   8. Acknowledgements ................................................6
   9. References ......................................................7
      9.1. Normative References .......................................7
      9.2. Informative References .....................................7

1.  Introduction

   The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) is currently in the
   process of setting standards, processes, and procedures for the use
   of an IP-based Emergency Services IP Network (ESInet) for all public
   safety entities in North America.  Some of the solutions being
   developed by NENA require XML namespaces that are managed so that
   they are unique and persistent.  To assure that the uniqueness is
   absolute, the registration of a specific Uniform Resource Name (URN)
   [RFC2141] Namespace ID (NID) for use by NENA is required.  This
   document defines and registers such a namespace in accordance with
   [RFC3406].

2.  URN Specification for "nena" NID

   Namespace ID: nena

   Registration information:

      registration version number: 1

      registration date: 2010-10-13

   Declared registrant of the namespace:

      Registering organization
         Name:       National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
         Address:    4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 750
                     Arlington, VA  22203-1695

   Designated contact:

      Role:    NENA Registry Services Administrator
      Email:   nrs-admin@nena.org

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   Declaration of syntactic structure:

      The Namespace Specific String (NSS) of all URNs that use the
      "nena" NID will have the following structure:
         {NENAclass}:{ClassSpecificString}

   The "NENAclass" conforms to the URN syntax requirements [RFC2141] and
   defines a specific class of resource type.  Each class will have a
   specific labeling scheme that is covered by "ClassSpecificString",
   which also conforms to the naming requirements of [RFC2141].

   NENA maintains a naming authority, the National Emergency Number
   Association (NENA) Registry System (NRS), that will manage the