IANA Registration of Enumservices: Guide, Template, and IANA Considerations
RFC 6117

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                      B. Hoeneisen
Request for Comments: 6117                                       Ucom.ch
Obsoletes: 3761                                             A. Mayrhofer
Category: Standards Track                                        enum.at
ISSN: 2070-1721                                             J. Livingood
                                                                 Comcast
                                                              March 2011

                   IANA Registration of Enumservices:
                Guide, Template, and IANA Considerations

Abstract

   This document specifies a revision of the IANA Registration
   Guidelines for Enumservices, describes corresponding registration
   procedures, and provides a guideline for creating Enumservice
   Specifications.

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Hoeneisen, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 1]
RFC 6117            IANA Registration of Enumservices         March 2011

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  Registration Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.1.  Functionality Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.2.  Naming Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.3.  Security Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.4.  Publication Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   4.  Enumservice Creation Cookbook  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     4.1.  General Enumservice Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     4.2.  Classification, Type and Subtype . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       4.2.1.  General Type/Subtype Considerations  . . . . . . . . .  9
       4.2.2.  Protocol-Based Enumservices Class  . . . . . . . . . . 10
       4.2.3.  Application-Based Enumservice Classes  . . . . . . . . 10
       4.2.4.  Data Type-Based Enumservice Class  . . . . . . . . . . 12
       4.2.5.  Other Enumservice  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   5.  Required Sections and Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     5.1.  Introduction (REQUIRED)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     5.2.  IANA Registration (REQUIRED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       5.2.1.  Enumservice Class (<class>)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       5.2.2.  Enumservice Type (<type>)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.2.3.  Enumservice Subtype (<subtype>)  . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.2.4.  URI Scheme(s) (<urischeme>)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.2.5.  Functional Specification (<functionalspec>)  . . . . . 15
       5.2.6.  Security Considerations (<security>) . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.2.7.  Intended Usage (<usage>) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16