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NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 52nd IETF Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah USA. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 31-Jul-01
URNs are persistent identifiers for information resources. The output of this Working Group will comply with RFC 1737, which defines URNs and gives requirements for them. The framework will define the mechanics for enabling global scope, persistence, and legacy support requirements of URNs; requirements for namespaces to support this structure will also be defined. Although the framework will allow URNs to be defined that vary in terms of degree of scalability and persistance, ensuring "user friendliness" of all resultant identifiers is beyond the scope of this group.
This WG will define the framework for URNs, at least one resolution registry system, and at least one namespace. RFCs describing additional material will also be developed (per the milestones, below).
Input documents:
o A Framework for the Assignment and Resolution of Uniform Resource
Names
o Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name
System
o Requirements for URN Resolution Systems
Goals and Milestones:
Done    Submit revision of URN Framework document as Internet-Draft. Done    Submit revised version of the NAPTR proposal as an Internet-Draft. Done    Submit Syntax document as an Internet-Draft. Done    Submit document detailing the N2L/N2R/etc resolution results as an Internet-Draft. Done    Submit document describing one (new) namespace as an Internet-Draft. Done    Submit revised N2L/N2R/etc document as an Internet-Draft. Done    Submit NAPTR proposal to IESG as Experimental RFC. Submit Framework document to IESG for publication as an RFC. Submit syntax paper to IESG for publication as an RFC. Done    Submit paper outlining grandfathering one namespace into the framework as an Internet-Draft. Done    Submit revised grandfather namespace document as Internet-Draft. Done    Submit N2L/N2R/etc document to IESG for publication as RFC. Done    Submit revised new Namespace document as Internet-Draft. Done    Submit grandfathered namespace paper to IESG for publication as RFC. Submit new namespace proposal to IESG for publication as RFC. Oct 00    Submit Assignment Procedures for the URI Resolution using DNS to IESG as Proposed Standard. Oct 00    Submit Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) to IESG as Proposed Standard Oct 00    Submit A DDDS Database Using The Domain Name System to IESG as Proposed Standard Oct 00    Submit URI Resolution using the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System to IESG as Proposed Standard. Internet-Drafts:
Request For Comments:
RFC Status Title RFC2141 PS URN Syntax
RFC2168 E Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the
Domain Name System
RFC2169 E A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution
RFC2276 Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name
Resolution
RFC2288 Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform
Resource Names
RFC2483 E URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN Resolution
RFC2611 URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms
RFC2648 A URN Namespace for IETF Documents
RFC2915 PS The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource
Record
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