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Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespaces for Broadband Forum
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draft-bbf-bbf-urn-00
Network Working Group                                           B. Stark
Internet-Draft                                                      AT&T
Intended status: Informational                              D. Sinicrope
Expires: August 4, 2016                                         Ericsson
                                                               W. Lupton
                                                         Broadband Forum
                                                        February 1, 2016

       Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespaces for Broadband Forum
                          draft-bbf-bbf-urn-00

Abstract

   This document describes the Namespace Identifiers (NIDs) 'bbf',
   'broadband-forum-org', and 'dslforum-org' for Uniform Resource Names
   (URNs) used to identify resources published by Broadband Forum (BBF).
   BBF specifies and manages resources that utilize these three URN
   identification models.  Management activities for these and other
   resource types are handled by BBF.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  bbf Registration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  broadband-forum-org Registration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  dslforum-org Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  Namespace Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  Community Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   9.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.  Introduction

   Broadband Forum (BBF) is a non-profit industry alliance driving
   broadband wireline solutions and empowering converged packet networks
   worldwide to better meet the needs of vendors, service providers and
   their customers.  BBF develops multi-service broadband packet
   networking specifications addressing interoperability, architecture
   and management.  Its work enables home, business and converged
   broadband services; encompassing customer, access and backbone
   networks.

   Occasionally, BBF specification efforts require identifiers in a
   managed namespace so that they are unique and persistent.  To ensure
   that the uniqueness is absolute, the registration of three specific
   Uniform Resource Name (URN) [RFC2141] Namespace IDs (NID) for use by
   BBF are being specified in this document, in full conformance with
   the NID registration process specified in [RFC3406].

   The 'bbf' NID is for new work efforts related to data models for
   protocols other than its CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP) [TR-069].
   The 'broadband-forum-org' and 'dslforum-org' NIDs are used for all
   data models related to CWMP [TR-069].

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1.1.  Terminology

                   +-----+-----------------------------+
                   | BBF | Broadband Forum             |
                   | NID | Namespace Identifier        |
                   | NSS | Namespace Specific String   |
                   | RDS | Resolution Discovery System |
                   | URN | Uniform Resource Name       |
                   +-----+-----------------------------+

2.  bbf Registration

   Namespace ID:

      bbf

   Registration Information:

      registration version number: 1
      registration date: YYYY-MM-DD [RFC Editor: Please replace YYYY-MM-
      DD with the date of approval of this document for publication as
      an RFC.]

   Declared registrant of the namespace:

      Registering organization

      Name: Broadband Forum
      Address: 48377 Fremont Boulevard, #117, Fremont, CA 94538, USA

      Designated contact

      Role: Manager, Namespace
      Email: TBD@broadband-forum.org

   Declaration of syntactic structure:

      The syntax of namespace specific strings for the 'bbf' namespace
      is <NSS> in [RFC2141].

   Relevant ancillary documentation:

      BBF publishes information regarding the registered resources on
      the BBF Assigned Resources web page [BBF-RESOURCES].

   Identifier uniqueness considerations:

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      BBF will manage resource classes using the "bbf" NID and will be
      the authority for managing resources and associated subsequent
      strings.  BBF is expected to guarantee the uniqueness of the
      strings themselves or it may permit secondary responsibility for
      certain defined resources.

      BBF could allow the use of experimental type values for testing
      purposes only.  Note that using experimental types may create
      collisions as multiple users may use the same values for resources
      and specific strings.

   Identifier persistence considerations:

      BBF will update the BBF Assigned Resources web page
      [BBF-RESOURCES] to document the registered resources that use the
      "bbf" NID.

   Process of identifier assignment:

      BBF will provide procedures for registration of each type of
      resource that it maintains.

   Process for identifier resolution:

      The namespace is not listed with a resolution discovery system;
      this is not applicable for this URN registration.

   Rules for Lexical Equivalence:

      No special considerations; the rules for lexical equivalence of
      [RFC2141] apply.

   Conformance with URN Syntax:

      No special considerations.

   Validation mechanism:

      None specified.  URN assignment will be handled by procedures
      implemented in support of BBF activities.

   Scope:

      Global

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3.  broadband-forum-org Registration

   Namespace ID:

      broadband-forum-org

   Registration Information:

      registration version number: 1
      registration date: YYYY-MM-DD [RFC Editor: Please replace YYYY-MM-
      DD with the date of approval of this document for publication as
      an RFC.]

   Declared registrant of the namespace:

      Registering organization

      Name: Broadband Forum
      Address: 48377 Fremont Boulevard, #117, Fremont, CA 94538, USA

      Designated contact

      Role: Manager, Namespace
      Email: TBD@broadband-forum.org

   Declaration of syntactic structure:

      The syntax of namespace specific strings for the 'broadband-forum-
      org' namespace is <NSS> in [RFC2141].

   Relevant ancillary documentation:

      BBF publishes information regarding the registered resources on
      the BBF Assigned Resources web page [BBF-RESOURCES].

   Identifier uniqueness considerations:

      BBF will manage resource classes using the "broadband-forum-org"
      NID and will be the authority for managing resources and
      associated subsequent strings.  BBF is expected to guarantee the
      uniqueness of the strings themselves or it may permit secondary
      responsibility for certain defined resources.

      BBF could allow the use of experimental type values for testing
      purposes only.  Note that using experimental types may create
      collisions as multiple users may use the same values for resources
      and specific strings.

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   Identifier persistence considerations:

      BBF will update the BBF Assigned Resources web page
      [BBF-RESOURCES] to document the registered resources that use the
      "broadband-forum-org" NID.

   Process of identifier assignment:

      BBF will provide procedures for registration of each type of
      resource that it maintains.

   Process for identifier resolution:

      The namespace is not listed with a resolution discovery system;
      this is not applicable for this URN registration.

   Rules for Lexical Equivalence:

      No special considerations; the rules for lexical equivalence of
      [RFC2141] apply.

   Conformance with URN Syntax:

      No special considerations.

   Validation mechanism:

      None specified.  URN assignment will be handled by procedures
      implemented in support of BBF activities.

   Scope:

      Global

4.  dslforum-org Registration

   Namespace ID:

      dslforum-org

   Registration Information:

      registration version number: 1
      registration date: YYYY-MM-DD [RFC Editor: Please replace YYYY-MM-
      DD with the date of approval of this document for publication as
      an RFC.]

   Declared registrant of the namespace:

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      Registering organization

      Name: Broadband Forum
      Address: 48377 Fremont Boulevard, #117, Fremont, CA 94538, USA

      Designated contact

      Role: Manager, Namespace
      Email: TBD@broadband-forum.org

   Declaration of syntactic structure:

      The syntax of namespace specific strings for the 'dslforum-org'
      namespace is <NSS> in [RFC2141].

   Relevant ancillary documentation:

      BBF publishes information regarding the registered resources on
      the BBF Assigned Resources web page [BBF-RESOURCES].

   Identifier uniqueness considerations:

      BBF will manage resource classes using the "dslforum-org" NID and
      will be the authority for managing resources and associated
      subsequent strings.  BBF is expected to guarantee the uniqueness
      of the strings themselves or it may permit secondary
      responsibility for certain defined resources.

      BBF could allow the use of experimental type values for testing
      purposes only.  Note that using experimental types may create
      collisions as multiple users may use the same values for resources
      and specific strings.

   Identifier persistence considerations:

      BBF will update the BBF Assigned Resources web page
      [BBF-RESOURCES] to document the registered resources that use the
      "dslforum-org" NID.

   Process of identifier assignment:

      BBF will provide procedures for registration of each type of
      resource that it maintains.

   Process for identifier resolution:

      The namespace is not listed with a resolution discovery system;
      this is not applicable for this URN registration.

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   Rules for Lexical Equivalence:

      No special considerations; the rules for lexical equivalence of
      [RFC2141] apply.

   Conformance with URN Syntax:

      No special considerations.

   Validation mechanism:

      None specified.  URN assignment will be handled by procedures
      implemented in support of BBF activities.

   Scope:

      Global

5.  Example

   The following examples represent hypothetical URNs that could be
   assigned by BBF.

   urn:broadband-forum-org:cwmp:datamodel-1-5

   urn:bbf:yang:fast

   The first of these defines an URN to be used for CPE WAN Management
   Protocol (CWMP) data models conforming to rules for BBF's CWMP suite
   of specifications.

6.  Namespace Considerations

   BBF develops various specifications that require the use of data
   models.  URN Namespaces are key constructs to manage the definitions
   of those data models reliably with persistence and uniqueness.

   The use of URNs should also help specification authors to maintain
   different versions of URNs and dependencies between urns, across
   different versions of BBF specifications, if they so wish.

7.  Community Considerations

   Participants involved in the development and usage of Broadband Forum
   specifications will benefit from the publication of this namespace by
   providing consistent and reliable names for the XML namespaces,
   schema locations, and similar identifiers of physical data models
   published within BBF specifications.

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   The BBF specifications are publicly available and are licensed to
   manufacturers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.  BBF will
   maintain the allocation of resources for the "bbf", "broadband-forum-
   org", and "dslforum-org" NIDs at the following publicly-viewable
   location: [BBF-RESOURCES].  BBF will also maintain the corresponding
   specifications where the registered resources are referenced or used.

8.  IANA Considerations

   This document adds threee new entries in the urn-namespaces registry.
   The namespaces should be "bbf", "broadband-forum-org", and "dslforum-
   org".  This is the defining document.  The entries can be found at:
   http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces and any associated
   mirrors.

9.  Security Considerations

   There are no additional security considerations other than those
   normally associated with the use and resolution of URNs in general.

10.  Acknowledgements

   The authors acknowledge that the text from [RFC6289] formed the basis
   for the initial version of this document.

11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2141]  Moats, R., "URN Syntax", RFC 2141, DOI 10.17487/RFC2141,
              May 1997, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2141>.

   [RFC3406]  Daigle, L., van Gulik, D., Iannella, R., and P. Faltstrom,
              "Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition
              Mechanisms", BCP 66, RFC 3406, DOI 10.17487/RFC3406,
              October 2002, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3406>.

11.2.  Informative References

   [BBF-RESOURCES]
              Broadband Forum, "Broadband Forum Assigned Names", 2016,
              <http://www.broadband-forum.org/TBD>.

   [RFC6289]  Cardona, E., Channabasappa, S., and J-F. Mule, "A Uniform
              Resource Name (URN) Namespace for CableLabs", RFC 6289,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6289, June 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6289>.

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   [TR-069]   Broadband Forum, "CPE WAN Management Protocol",
              <http://https://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/
              trlist.php>.

Authors' Addresses

   Barbara Stark
   AT&T
   Atlanta, GA
   US

   Email: barbara.stark@att.com

   David Sinicrope
   Ericsson
   Cary, NC
   US

   Email: david.sinicrope@ericsson.com

   William Lupton
   Broadband Forum
   UK

   Email: wlupton@broadband-forum.org

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