Uniform Resource Names (urn)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2001-07-31

Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s):
    John Curran  <[email protected]>
    Leslie Daigle  <[email protected]>

Applications Area Director(s):
    Ned Freed  <[email protected]>
    Patrik Faltstrom  <[email protected]>

Applications Area Advisor:
    Patrik Faltstrom  <[email protected]>

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Description of Working Group:

The goal of this working group is to define both a Uniform Resource
Name (URN) framework and an initial set of components that fit this
framework.

URNs are persistent identifiers for information resources.  The output
of this Working Group will comply with RFC 1737, which defines URNs and
gives requirements for them.  The framework will define the mechanics
for enabling global scope, persistence, and legacy support requirements
of URNs; requirements for namespaces to support this structure will
also be defined.   Although the framework will allow URNs to be defined
that vary in terms of degree of scalability and persistance, ensuring
"user friendliness" of all resultant identifiers is beyond the scope of
this group.

This WG will define the framework for URNs, at least one resolution
registry system, and at least one namespace.  RFCs describing
additional material will also be developed (per the milestones,
below).

Input documents:

o A Framework for the Assignment and Resolution of Uniform Resource
  Names <draft-daigle-urnframework-00.txt>

o Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name
  System <draft-daniel-naptr-01.txt>

o Requirements for URN Resolution Systems
  <draft-girod-urn-res-require-00.txt>

Goals and Milestones:

  Done         Submit revision of URN Framework document as Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit revised version of the NAPTR proposal as an
               Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit document detailing the N2L/N2R/etc resolution results
               as an Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit Syntax document as an Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit document describing one (new) namespace as an
               Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit NAPTR proposal to IESG as Experimental RFC. Submit
               Framework document to IESG for publication as an RFC. Submit
               syntax paper to IESG for publication as an RFC.

  Done         Submit paper outlining grandfathering one namespace into the
               framework as an Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit revised N2L/N2R/etc document as an Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit revised grandfather namespace document as
               Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit N2L/N2R/etc document to IESG for publication as RFC.

  Done         Submit revised new Namespace document as Internet-Draft.

  Done         Submit grandfathered namespace paper to IESG for publication
               as RFC. Submit new namespace proposal to IESG for publication
               as RFC.

  Done         Submit Assignment Procedures for the URI Resolution using DNS
               to IESG as Proposed Standard.

  Done         Submit Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) to IESG as
               Proposed Standard

  Done         Submit A DDDS Database Using The Domain Name System to IESG as
               Proposed Standard

  Done         Submit URI Resolution using the Dynamic Delegation Discovery
               System to IESG as Proposed Standard.


Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
------ ------- --------------------------------------------
Jun 98 May 02   <draft-ietf-urn-net-procedures-11.txt>
               Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Five: URI.ARPA
               Assignment Procedures

Jul 00 May 02   <draft-ietf-urn-ddds-07.txt>
               Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS)Part Two: The
               Algorithm

Jul 00 May 02   <draft-ietf-urn-dns-ddds-database-09.txt>
               Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The DNS
               Database

Jul 00 May 02   <draft-ietf-urn-uri-res-ddds-07.txt>
               Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Four: The URI
               Resolution Application

Nov 00 Jan 02   <draft-ietf-urn-rfc2611bis-04.txt>
               URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms

Oct 01 May 02   <draft-ietf-urn-ddds-toc-03.txt>
               Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The
               Comprehensive DDDS Standard

Request For Comments:

 RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC2141 PS   May 97    URN Syntax

RFC2169 E    Jun 97    A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution

RFC2168 E    Jun 97    Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the
                      Domain Name System

RFC2276 I    Jan 98    Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name
                      Resolution

RFC2288 I    Feb 98    Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform
                      Resource Names

RFC2483 E    Jan 99    URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN Resolution

RFC2611BCP  Jun 99    URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms

RFC2648 I    Aug 99    A URN Namespace for IETF Documents

RFC2915 PS   Sep 00    The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource
                      Record