URN For Country Specific Emergency Services
Ericsson
Hirsalantie 11
02420
Jorvas
Finland
christer.holmberg@ericsson.com
Ericsson
Sokolovska 79
18600
Praha
Czech Republic
ivo.sedlacek@ericsson.com
Transport
ECRIT Working Group
SIP
emergency
URN
country
5031
sos
Section 4.2 of RFC 5031 allows the registration of service URNs with
the 'sos' service type only for emergency services "that are offered
widely and in different countries". This document updates those
instructions in RFC 5031 to allow such registrations when, at the
time of registration, those services are offered in one country only.
shows
the policy for registration of sub-services of the service URN with the 'sos'
service type, as defined in section 4.2. of RFC 5031 .
The 'sos' service type describes emergency services requiring an
immediate response, typically offered by various branches of the
government or other public institutions. Additional sub-services can
be added after expert review and must be of general public interest
and have a similar emergency nature. The expert is designated by the
ECRIT working group, its successor, or, in their absence, the IESG.
The expert review should only approve emergency services that are
offered widely and in different countries, with approximately the
same caller expectation in terms of services rendered. The 'sos'
service is not meant to invoke general government, public
information, counseling, or social services.
Some existing emergency services are, at least initially, offered in one
country only. Examples are the "Reporting spies" emergency service offered
in South Korea and the "GAULA (anti-kidnapping)" emergency service offered
in Colombia according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number
(as per January 8th 2014). Future emergency service might also initially be
introduced in one country only.
The policy for registration of sub-services of the service URN with the 'sos' service
type, as defined in RFC 5031 ,
prevents the registration of a sub-service of the service URN with the 'sos' service
type for a service that, at the time of registration, is offered in one country only.
This document updates the 2nd paragraph of section 4.2 of RFC 5031 , in order to allow the registration of service URNs
with the 'sos' service type for emergency services that, at the time of registration, are
offered in one country only.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT",
"RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14, RFC 2119 .
Section 3.2 of this document replaces the text of the 2nd paragraph of section 4.2
(Sub-Services for the 'sos' Service) of RFC 5031 .
The 'sos' service type describes emergency services requiring an
immediate response, typically offered by various branches of the
government or other public institutions. Additional sub-services can
be added after expert review. The expert is designated by the
ECRIT working group, its successor, or, in their absence, the IESG.
The designated expert should only approve services that have emergency
nature, that are offered in at least one country, that do not match
description of any existing service URN with the 'sos' service type,
and where the service description and the URN are defined as broadly
as possible to encourage reuse. The 'sos' service is not meant to
invoke general government, public information, counseling, or social
services.
This document updates the advice to the expert for the registry of sub-services of the "sos" service.
IANA is requested to update the reference for that registry from RFC 5031 to this document.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-serviceid-labels
[RFC EDITOR NOTE: Please remove this section when publishing]
Changes from draft-ietf-ecrit-country-emg-urn-02
Changes based on IESG review.
- Old section 3, 4 and 5.2 removed.
- Only modified paragraph kept in section 5.3.
- Date added to Wikipedia reference.
Changes from draft-ietf-ecrit-country-emg-urn-01
Security Considerations section updated.
Changes from draft-ietf-ecrit-country-emg-urn-00
IANA Considerations section updated. Open issue removed.
Changes from draft-holmberg-ecrit-country-emg-urn-02
Minor editorial fixes.
Changes from draft-holmberg-ecrit-country-emg-urn-01
Technical fix: Instead of creating a new sub-tree, the 'sos' registration rules in RFC
are updated, to allow registration of URNs that, at the time of registration, are specific
to a single country.
Changes from draft-holmberg-ecrit-country-emg-urn-00
Editorial fix: cannot be not fulfilled -> cannot be fulfilled
This document does not update the Security Considerations of RFC 5031.