Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
RFC 4622
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(August 2006; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 5122
Was draft-saintandre-xmpp-iri (individual in app area)
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| Author | Peter Saint-Andre | ||
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 4622 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Ted Hardie | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
Network Working Group P. Saint-Andre
Request for Comments: 4622 JSF
Category: Standards Track July 2006
Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) for
the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
Abstract
This document defines the use of Internationalized Resource
Identifiers (IRIs) and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) in
identifying or interacting with entities that can communicate via the
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
Saint-Andre Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 4622 XMPP IRIs/URIs July 2006
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Terminology ................................................3
2. Use of XMPP IRIs and URIs .......................................4
2.1. Rationale ..................................................4
2.2. Form .......................................................4
2.3. Authority Component ........................................6
2.4. Path Component .............................................7
2.5. Query Component ............................................7
2.6. Fragment Identifier Component ..............................9
2.7. Generation of XMPP IRIs/URIs ...............................9
2.7.1. Generation Method ...................................9
2.7.2. Generation Notes ...................................10
2.7.3. Generation Example .................................11
2.8. Processing of XMPP IRIs/URIs ..............................12
2.8.1. Processing Method ..................................12
2.8.2. Processing Notes ...................................13
2.8.3. Processing Example .................................14
2.9. Internationalization ......................................14
3. IANA Registration of xmpp URI Scheme ...........................15
3.1. URI Scheme Name ...........................................15
3.2. Status ....................................................15
3.3. URI Scheme Syntax .........................................15
3.4. URI Scheme Semantics ......................................16
3.5. Encoding Considerations ...................................16
3.6. Applications/protocols That Use This URI Scheme Name ......16
3.7. Interoperability Considerations ...........................16
3.8. Security Considerations ...................................16
3.9. Contact ...................................................17
3.10. Author/Change Controller .................................17
3.11. References ...............................................17
4. IANA Considerations ............................................17
5. Security Considerations ........................................17
5.1. Reliability and Consistency ...............................17
5.2. Malicious Construction ....................................18
5.3. Back-End Transcoding ......................................18
5.4. Sensitive Information .....................................18
5.5. Semantic Attacks ..........................................19
5.6. Spoofing ..................................................19
6. References .....................................................20
6.1. Normative References ......................................20
6.2. Informative References ....................................20
Saint-Andre Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 4622 XMPP IRIs/URIs July 2006
1. Introduction
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a streaming
XML technology that enables any two entities on a network to exchange
well-defined but extensible XML elements (called "XML stanzas") at a
rate close to real time.
As specified in [XMPP-CORE], entity addresses as used in
communications over an XMPP network must not be prepended with a
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme (as specified in [URI]).
However, applications external to an XMPP network may need to
identify XMPP entities either as URIs or, in a more modern fashion,
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