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Registry Fee Extension for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
draft-ietf-regext-epp-fees-18

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 8748.
Authors Roger Carney , Gavin Brown , Jothan Frakes
Last updated 2019-09-19 (Latest revision 2019-09-09)
Replaces draft-brown-epp-fees
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Document shepherd James Gould
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draft-ietf-regext-epp-fees-18
gt; element (as described in
      Section 3.6).

   Example <update> command:

   C: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
   C: <epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0">
   C:   <command>
   C:     <update>
   C:       <domain:update
   C:         xmlns:domain="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0">
   C:         <domain:name>example.com</domain:name>
   C:         <domain:chg>
   C:           <domain:registrant>sh8013</domain:registrant>
   C:         </domain:chg>
   C:       </domain:update>
   C:     </update>
   C:     <extension>
   C:       <fee:update xmlns:fee="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp:fee-1.0">
   C:         <fee:currency>USD</fee:currency>
   C:         <fee:fee>5.00</fee:fee>
   C:       </fee:update>
   C:     </extension>
   C:     <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
   C:   </command>
   C: </epp>

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   Example <update> response:

   S: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
   S: <epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0">
   S:   <response>
   S:     <result code="1000">
   S:       <msg>Command completed successfully</msg>
   S:     </result>
   S:     <extension>
   S:       <fee:updData xmlns:fee="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp:fee-1.0">
   S:         <fee:currency>USD</fee:currency>
   S:         <fee:fee>5.00</fee:fee>
   S:       </fee:updData>
   S:     </extension>
   S:     <trID>
   S:       <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
   S:       <svTRID>54321-XYZ</svTRID>
   S:     </trID>
   S:   </response>
   S: </epp>

6.  Formal Syntax

   One schema is presented here that is the EPP Fee Extension schema.

   The formal syntax presented here is a complete schema representation
   of the object mapping suitable for automated validation of EPP XML
   instances.  The BEGIN and END tags are not part of the schema; they
   are used to note the beginning and ending of the schema for URI
   registration purposes.

6.1.  Fee Extension Schema

   The formal syntax presented here is a complete schema representation
   of the object mapping suitable for automated validation of EPP XML
   instances.  The BEGIN and END tags are not part of the schema; they
   are used to note the beginning and ending of the schema for URI
   registration purposes.

  BEGIN
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:fee="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp:fee-1.0"
    xmlns:eppcom="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:eppcom-1.0"
    xmlns:domain="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0"
    targetNamespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp:fee-1.0"
    elementFormDefault="qualified">

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    <import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:eppcom-1.0" />
    <import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0" />

    <annotation>
      <documentation>
        Extensible Provisioning Protocol v1.0 Fee Extension
      </documentation>
    </annotation>

    <!-- Child elements found in EPP commands and responses -->
    <element name="check" type="fee:checkType" />
    <element name="chkData" type="fee:chkDataType" />
    <element name="create" type="fee:transformCommandType" />
    <element name="creData" type="fee:transformResultType" />
    <element name="renew" type="fee:transformCommandType" />
    <element name="renData" type="fee:transformResultType" />
    <element name="transfer" type="fee:transformCommandType" />
    <element name="trnData" type="fee:transformResultType" />
    <element name="update" type="fee:transformCommandType" />
    <element name="updData" type="fee:transformResultType" />
    <element name="delData" type="fee:transformResultType" />

    <!-- client <check> command -->
    <complexType name="checkType">
      <sequence>
        <element name="currency" type="fee:currencyType"
          minOccurs="0" />
        <element name="command" type="fee:commandType"
          minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
      </sequence>
    </complexType>

    <complexType name="objectIdentifierType">
      <simpleContent>
        <extension base="eppcom:labelType">
          <attribute name="element"
          type="NMTOKEN" default="name" />
        </extension>
      </simpleContent>
    </complexType>

    <!-- server <check> result -->
    <complexType name="chkDataType">
      <sequence>
        <element name="currency" type="fee:currencyType" />
        <element name="cd" type="fee:objectCDType"
          maxOccurs="unbounded" />
      </sequence>

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    </complexType>

    <complexType name="objectCDType">
      <sequence>
        <element name="objID" type="fee:objectIdentifierType" />
        <element name="class" type="token" minOccurs="0" />
        <element name="command" type="fee:commandDataType"
          minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        <element name="reason" type="fee:reasonType" minOccurs="0" />
      </sequence>
      <attribute name="avail" type="boolean" default="1" />
    </complexType>

    <!-- general transform (create, renew, update, transfer) command -->
    <complexType name="transformCommandType">
      <sequence>
        <element name="currency" type="fee:currencyType"
          minOccurs="0" />
        <element name="fee" type="fee:feeType"
          maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        <element name="credit" type="fee:creditType"
          minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
      </sequence>
    </complexType>

    <!-- general transform (create, renew, update) result -->
    <complexType name="transformResultType">
      <sequence>
        <element name="currency" type="fee:currencyType"
          minOccurs="0" />
        <element name="period" type="domain:periodType"
          minOccurs="0" />
        <element name="fee" type="fee:feeType"
          minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        <element name="credit" type="fee:creditType"
          minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        <element name="balance" type="fee:balanceType"
          minOccurs="0" />
        <element name="creditLimit" type="fee:creditLimitType"
          minOccurs="0" />
      </sequence>
    </complexType>

    <!-- common types -->
    <simpleType name="currencyType">
      <restriction base="string">
        <pattern value="[A-Z]{3}" />
      </restriction>

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    </simpleType>

    <complexType name="commandType">
      <sequence>
        <element name="period" type="domain:periodType"
          minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
      </sequence>
      <attribute name="name" type="fee:commandEnum"/>
      <attribute name="customName" type="token"/>
      <attribute name="phase" type="token" />
      <attribute name="subphase" type="token" />
    </complexType>

    <complexType name="commandDataType">
      <complexContent>
        <extension base="fee:commandType">
          <sequence>
            <element name="fee" type="fee:feeType"
              minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
            <element name="credit" type="fee:creditType"
              minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
            <element name="reason" type="fee:reasonType"
              minOccurs="0" />
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="standard" type="boolean" default="0" />
        </extension>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>

    <complexType name="reasonType">
      <simpleContent>
        <extension base="token">
          <attribute name="lang" type="language" default="en"/>
        </extension>
      </simpleContent>
    </complexType>

    <simpleType name="commandEnum">
      <restriction base="token">
        <enumeration value="create"/>
        <enumeration value="delete"/>
        <enumeration value="renew"/>
        <enumeration value="update"/>
        <enumeration value="transfer"/>
        <enumeration value="restore"/>
        <enumeration value="custom"/>
      </restriction>
    </simpleType>

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    <simpleType name="nonNegativeDecimal">
      <restriction base="decimal">
        <minInclusive value="0" />
      </restriction>
    </simpleType>

    <simpleType name="negativeDecimal">
      <restriction base="decimal">
        <maxInclusive value="0" />
      </restriction>
    </simpleType>

    <complexType name="feeType">
      <simpleContent>
        <extension base="fee:nonNegativeDecimal">
          <attribute name="description"/>
          <attribute name="lang" type="language" default="en"/>
          <attribute name="refundable" type="boolean" />
          <attribute name="grace-period" type="duration" />
          <attribute name="applied">
            <simpleType>
              <restriction base="token">
                <enumeration value="immediate" />
                <enumeration value="delayed" />
              </restriction>
            </simpleType>
          </attribute>
        </extension>
      </simpleContent>
    </complexType>

    <complexType name="creditType">
      <simpleContent>
        <extension base="fee:negativeDecimal">
          <attribute name="description"/>
          <attribute name="lang" type="language" default="en"/>
        </extension>
      </simpleContent>
    </complexType>

    <simpleType name="balanceType">
      <restriction base="decimal" />
    </simpleType>

    <simpleType name="creditLimitType">
      <restriction base="decimal" />
    </simpleType>

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  </schema>
  END

7.  Security Considerations

   The mapping extensions described in this document do not provide any
   security services beyond those described by EPP [RFC5730], the EPP
   domain name mapping [RFC5731], and protocol layers used by EPP.  The
   security considerations described in these other specifications apply
   to this specification as well.  This extension passes financial
   information using the EPP protocol, so confidentiality and integrity
   protection must be provided by the transport mechanism.  All
   transports compliant with [RFC5730] provide the needed level of
   confidentiality and integrity protections.

8.  IANA Considerations

8.1.  XML Namespace

   This document uses URNs to describe XML namespaces and XML schemas
   conforming to a registry mechanism described in [RFC3688].

   Registration request for the fee namespace:

   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp:fee-1.0

   Registrant Contact: IESG

   XML: None.  Namespace URIs do not represent an XML specification.

   Registration request for the fee schema:

   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:epp:fee-1.0

   Registrant Contact: IESG

   XML: See the "Formal Syntax" section of this document.

8.2.  EPP Extension Registry

   The EPP extension described in this document should be registered by
   the IANA in the EPP Extension Registry described in [RFC7451].  The
   details of the registration are as follows:

   Name of Extension: Registry Fee Extension for the Extensible
   Provisioning Protocol (EPP)

   Document status: Standards Track

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   Reference: (insert reference to RFC version of this document)

   Registrant Name and Email Address: IESG, <iesg@ietf.org>

   TLDs: Any

   IPR Disclosure: None

   Status: Active

   Notes: None

9.  Implementation Status

   Note to RFC Editor: Please remove this section and the reference to
   [RFC7942] before publication.

   This section records the status of known implementations of the
   protocol defined by this specification at the time of posting of this
   Internet-Draft, and is based on a proposal described in [RFC7942].
   The description of implementations in this section is intended to
   assist the IETF in its decision processes in progressing drafts to
   RFCs.  Please note that the listing of any individual implementation
   here does not imply endorsement by the IETF.  Furthermore, no effort
   has been spent to verify the information presented here that was
   supplied by IETF contributors.  This is not intended as, and must not
   be construed to be, a catalog of available implementations or their
   features.  Readers are advised to note that other implementations may
   exist.

   According to [RFC7942], "this will allow reviewers and working groups
   to assign due consideration to documents that have the benefit of
   running code, which may serve as evidence of valuable experimentation
   and feedback that have made the implemented protocols more mature.
   It is up to the individual working groups to use this information as
   they see fit".

9.1.  RegistryEngine EPP Service

   Organization: CentralNic

   Name: RegistryEngine EPP Service

   Description: Generic high-volume EPP service for gTLDs, ccTLDs and
   SLDs

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   Level of maturity: Deployed in CentralNic's production environment as
   well as two other gTLD registry systems, and two ccTLD registry
   systems.

   Coverage: All aspects of the protocol are implemented.

   Licensing: Proprietary In-House software

   Contact: epp@centralnic.com

   URL: https://www.centralnic.com

10.  Acknowledgements

   The authors wish to thank the following persons for their feedback
   and suggestions:

   o  James Gould of Verisign Inc
   o  Luis Munoz of ISC
   o  Michael Young of Architelos
   o  Ben Levac and Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media
   o  Seth Goldman of Google
   o  Klaus Malorny and Michael Bauland of Knipp
   o  Jody Kolker, Joe Snitker and Kevin Allendorf of Go Daddy
   o  Michael Holloway of Com Laude
   o  Santosh Kalsangrah of Impetus Infotech
   o  Alex Mayrhofer of Nic.at
   o  Thomas Corte of Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH

11.  Change History

11.1.  Change from 17 to 18

   Corrected erroneous edit left in place in previous revision (17),
   reverted text back to original text (revision 16) in section 3.4.

11.2.  Change from 16 to 17

   Updated per AD review, all updates were just textual for clarity and
   correctness.

11.3.  Change from 15 to 16

   Updated per AD review and list comments: several grammar corrections;
   clarification text added to section 3.4.3 and 3.5; and a schema
   update for consistency by providing a "lang" attribute to the
   <fee:fee> and <fee:credit> "description" attribute detailed in
   section 3.4.

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11.4.  Change from 14 to 15

   Updated schema, moving the "standard" attribute of the
   "commandDataType" inside the <extension> block.

11.5.  Change from 13 to 14

   Moved RFC 7451 reference from Normative to Informative section.

11.6.  Change from 12 to 13

   Updated XML namespace and schema registration to be "epp" scoped -
   global replace of XML namespace from urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:fee-1.0
   to urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp:fee-1.0 and the XML schema registration
   from urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:fee-1.0 to
   urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:epp:fee-1.0.

11.7.  Change from 11 to 12

   Updated references to current version of documents and moved the
   "standard" attribute from the check command (commandType) to the
   check response (commandDataType).

11.8.  Change from 10 to 11

   Updated document per Working Group Last Call comments.  Made minor
   textual changes throughout for enhanced clarity per WGLC comments.

11.9.  Change from 09 to 10

   Updated document per Working Group Last Call comments.  Updated
   schema to version 1.0 in anticipation of standardization, no changes
   were made to the latest, 0.25, schema.  Made minor textual changes
   throughout for enhanced clarity per WGLC comments.

11.10.  Change from 08 to 09

   Updated scheme to version 0.25 to allow tighter checking on
   <fee:command> by splitting the client and server definitions, moved
   the class element from the command to the object level and added an
   optional standard attribute to the command element.  Also updated
   section 3.1 for clarity on name attribute; updated section 3.9 for
   clarity on uses of <fee:reason>; removed second paragraph in section
   5.2.1 as it was duplicative of second to last paragraph in 4.0; and
   updated section 5.1.1 to add section references.

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11.11.  Change from 07 to 08

   Updated section 3.8 and 5.1.1 to provide clarity on server processing
   and response of various scenarios (i.e. "quiet" period processing).

11.12.  Change from 06 to 07

   Updated section 3.8 and 4.0 to provide clarity on server processing
   and response of various scenarios.

11.13.  Change from 05 to 06

   Updated scheme to version 0.23 to allow the return of no
   <fee:command> element(s) if an error situation occurs.  Edited
   section 3.8 extensively after input from interim meeting and REGEXT
   F2F meeting at IETF-99.  Added normative reference for draft-ietf-
   eppext-launchphase.

11.14.  Change from 04 to 05

   Updated scheme to version 0.21 to support the lang attribute for the
   reason element of the objectCDType and the commandType types as well
   as to add the update command to the commandEnum type.  Updated
   section 3.1 to include language for the custom command.  Added
   section 3.9 to provide a description of the <fee:reason> element.
   Fixed typos and added clarification text on when client fee is less
   than server fee in section 4.  Additionally, I added description
   pointers to appropriate Section 3 definitions for element clarity
   throughout the document.

11.15.  Change from 03 to 04

   Updated scheme to version 0.19 to correct typos and to replace the
   commandTypeValue type with the commandEnum type and customName
   attribute for stricter validation.  Updated various text for grammar
   and clarity.  Added text to section 4 clarifying the <check> response
   when the client provided no fee extension but the server was
   expecting the extension.

11.16.  Change from 02 to 03

   Updated scheme to version 0.17 to simplify the check command syntax.
   Moved fee avail to objectCDType to allow fast failing on error
   situations.  Removed the objectCheckType as it was no longer being
   used.  Updated examples to reflect these scheme changes.  Added
   language for server failing a <create> if the <fee:fee> passed by the
   client is less than the server fee.

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11.17.  Change from 01 to 02

   Updated scheme to version 0.15 to fix errors in CommandType,
   objectCDType, transformCommandType and transformResultType
   definitions.

11.18.  Change from 00 to 01

   Added Roger Carney as author to finish draft.  Moved Formal Syntax
   section to main level numbering.  Various grammar, typos, and
   administrative edits for clarity.  Removed default value for the
   "applied" attribute of <fee:fee> so that it can truly be optional.
   Added support for the <delete> command to return a <fee:fee> element
   as well.  Modified default response on the <check> command for the
   optional <fee:period> when it was not provided in the command,
   leaving it to the server to provide the default period value.
   Extensive edits were done to the <check> command, the <check>
   response and to the fee extension schema (checkType, objectCheckType,
   objectIdentifierType, objectCDType, commandType) to support
   requesting and returning multiple transformation fees in a single
   call.  Added section on Phase/Subphase to provide more context on the
   uses.

11.19.  Change from draft-brown-00 to draft-ietf-regext-fees-00

   Updated to be REGEXT WG document.

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [ISO4217:2015]
              International Organization for Standardization, "Codes for
              the representation of currencies", August 2015,
              <https://www.iso.org/standard/64758.html>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.

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   [RFC3915]  Hollenbeck, S., "Domain Registry Grace Period Mapping for
              the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)", RFC 3915,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3915, September 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3915>.

   [RFC5730]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)",
              STD 69, RFC 5730, DOI 10.17487/RFC5730, August 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5730>.

   [RFC5731]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
              Domain Name Mapping", STD 69, RFC 5731,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5731, August 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5731>.

   [RFC7942]  Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running
              Code: The Implementation Status Section", BCP 205,
              RFC 7942, DOI 10.17487/RFC7942, July 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7942>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8334]  Gould, J., Tan, W., and G. Brown, "Launch Phase Mapping
              for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)", RFC 8334,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8334, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8334>.

12.2.  Informative References

   [RFC7451]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extension Registry for the Extensible
              Provisioning Protocol", RFC 7451, DOI 10.17487/RFC7451,
              February 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7451>.

Authors' Addresses

   Roger Carney
   GoDaddy Inc.
   14455 N. Hayden Rd. #219
   Scottsdale, AZ  85260
   US

   Email: rcarney@godaddy.com
   URI:   http://www.godaddy.com

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   Gavin Brown
   CentralNic Group plc
   35-39 Moorgate
   London, England  EC2R 6AR
   GB

   Phone: +44 20 33 88 0600
   Email: gavin.brown@centralnic.com
   URI:   http://www.centralnic.com

   Jothan Frakes

   Email: jothan@jothan.com
   URI:   http://jothan.com

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