URN Namespace for Metaverse Standards Forum Resources
draft-stockhammer-msf-urn-00

Internet Engineering Task Force                      T. Stockhammer, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                     Qualcomm Germany GmbH
Intended status: Informational                          19 December 2023
Expires: 21 June 2024

         URN Namespace for Metaverse Standards Forum Resources
                      draft-stockhammer-msf-urn-00

Abstract

   This document describes the Namespace IDentifier (NID) 'metaverse-
   standards-org' for Uniform Resource Names (URNs) used to identify
   resources published by Metaverse Standards Forum.  The forum
   specifies and manages resources that utilize this URN identification
   model.  Example resources include ressources, eXtensible Markup
   Language (XML) Schemas, classification schemes, XML Document Type
   Definitions (DTDs), namespaces, style sheets, and other types of
   resources produced or managed by the Metaverse Standards Forum.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  URN Specification for Metaverse Standards Forum . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Namespace Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Community Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6

1.  Introduction

   The Metaverse Standards Forum is a non-profit, member-funded
   consortium of standards-related organizations, companies, and
   institutions that are cooperating to foster interoperability for an
   open and inclusive metaverse.  Originally founded in June 2022, the
   Forum was incorporated in April 2023 to accelerate its mission to
   enable and promote broad cooperation and coordination over metaverse-
   related standards activities.  The Forum does not itself create
   standards but instead generates domain and technical reports, use
   case and requirements recommendations, pilots, testbeds and
   plugfests, open source tooling, best practices and guidelines, and
   other data, insights, and visibility to enable standards
   organizations to accelerate the development and evolution of
   standards that will be essential to building the metaverse.  As part
   of these efforts, there is a need to specify identifiers in a managed
   namespace that are unique and persistent.  To ensure that this
   namespace's uniqueness is absolute, the registration of a specific
   Uniform Resource Name (URN) [RFC8141] Namespace Identifier (NID) for
   use by Metaverse Standards Forum is specified in this document, in
   full conformance with the NID registration process specified in
   [RFC8141].

   This namespace specification is for a formal namespace.

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1.1.  Terminology

               +=========+=================================+
               | Acronym | Meaning                         |
               +=========+=================================+
               | MSF     | Metaverse Standards Forum       |
               +---------+---------------------------------+
               | NID     | Namespace IDentifier            |
               +---------+---------------------------------+
               | URN     | Uniform Resource Name           |
               +---------+---------------------------------+
               | SRDG    | Standards Register Domain Group |
               +---------+---------------------------------+

                                  Table 1

2.  URN Specification for Metaverse Standards Forum

   Namespace ID:
      metaverse-standards-org

   Registration Information:
      registration version number: 1

      registration date: 2023-12-25

   Declared registrant of the namespace:
      Registering organization:

      Name: Metaverse Standards Forum

      Address: 9450 SW Gemini Drive #16821, Beaverton, OR 97008 USA

      Designated Contact:

      Namespace Manager, standards_registry-feedback@lists.metaverse-
      standards.org

   Declaration of syntactic structure:
      The Namespace Specific String (NSS) of all URNs that use the
      Metaverse Standards NID will have the following structure:

      urn:metaverse-standards-org:{MSFresource}:{ResourceSpecificString}

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      where "MSFresource" is a US-ASCII string that conforms to the URN
      syntax requirements [RFC8141] and defines a specific class of
      resource type.  Each resource type has a specific labeling scheme
      that is covered by "ResourceSpecificString", which also conforms
      to the naming requirements [RFC8141].

      The Metaverse Standards Forum maintains a registration procedure
      within the Standards Register Domain Group (SRDG) that will manage
      the assignment of "MSFresource" and the specific registration
      values assigned foreach resource class.

   Relevant ancillary documentation:
      none

   Identifier uniqueness considerations:
      The SRDG of the MSF manages resources using the "metaverse-
      standards-org" NID and will be the authority for managing the
      resources and subsequent strings associated.  In the associated
      procedures, SRDG will ensure the uniqueness of the strings
      themselves or shall permit secondary responsibility for the
      management of well-defined sub-trees.

      The MSF may permit the use of experimental type values that will
      not be registered.  As a consequence, multiple users may end up
      using the same value for separate uses.  As experimental usage is
      only intended for testing purposes, this should not be a real
      issue.

   Identifier persistence considerations:
      The MSF provides clear documentation on a number of the registered
      uses of the "metaverse-standards-org" NID.  Additional uses
      developed by the MSF membership in the future will be first
      approved by the SRDG and then by the entire MSF voting membership.
      This is the normal process for all MSF permanent resources for use
      by the community.

      The SRDG maintains a permanent registry of approved uses.  This
      resource is structured such that each "MSFresource" has a separate
      description and registration table.

      The registration tables and information are published and
      maintained by the SRDG on the MSF web site.

   Process of identifier assignment:
      The SRDG uses the approved MSF policies and procedures for
      discussion, approval, and registration of each type of resource
      maintained.

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   Process for identifier resolution:
      The namespace is not listed with an RDS; this is not relevant.

   Rules for lexical equivalence:
      No special considerations; the rules for lexical equivalence of
      [RFC8141] apply.

   Conformance with URN syntax:
      No special considerations.

   Validation mechanism:
      None specified.  URN assignment will be handled by procedures
      implemented in support of Metaverse Standards Forum activities.

   Scope:
      Global

3.  Example

   The following example represents a hypothetical URN that could be
   assigned by Metaverse Standards Forum:

   urn:metaverse-standards-org:use-case:ar-white-board:2023

   This example defines the URN to be used for a usecase defined in the
   Metaverse Standards Forum.  An associated description of the use case
   is published.

4.  Namespace Considerations

   Metaverse Standards Forum develops ressources that may 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 Metaverse Standards Forum ressources if they so
   wish.

5.  Community Considerations

   Participants involved in the development and usage of Metaverse
   Standards Forum ressources and Metaverse industry deployments 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 Metaverse Standards Forum ressources

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6.  IANA Considerations

   This document adds a new entry ("metaverse-standards-org") in the
   urn-namespaces registry.  This is the defining document.  The entry
   can be found in the "Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespaces"
   registry available from the IANA site (http://www.iana.org) and any
   associated mirrors.

7.  Security Considerations

   There are no additional security considerations other than those
   normally associated with the use and resolution of URNs in general,
   which are described in [RFC1737], and [RFC8141].

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC1737]  Sollins, K. and L. Masinter, "Functional Requirements for
              Uniform Resource Names", RFC 1737, DOI 10.17487/RFC1737,
              December 1994, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1737>.

   [RFC8141]  Saint-Andre, P. and J. Klensin, "Uniform Resource Names
              (URNs)", RFC 8141, DOI 10.17487/RFC8141, April 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8141>.

Acknowledgements

   The authors wish to thank XXX for their useful comments and
   suggestions.  The authors also acknowledge that the text from RFC6289
   formed the basis for the initial version of this document.

Author's Address

   Thomas Stockhammer (editor)
   Qualcomm Germany GmbH
   Anzingerstrasse 17
   81671 Munich
   Germany
   Phone: +491725702667
   Email: tsto@qti.qualcomm.com
   URI:   URI [REPLACE/DELETE]

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