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| Network Working Group I. Young, Ed. | Network Working Group I.A. Young, Ed. | |||
| Internet-Draft Independent | Internet-Draft Independent | |||
| Intended status: Informational July 8, 2021 | Intended status: Informational 10 January 2022 | |||
| Expires: January 9, 2022 | Expires: 14 July 2022 | |||
| Metadata Query Protocol | Metadata Query Protocol | |||
| draft-young-md-query-15 | draft-young-md-query-16 | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| This document defines a simple protocol for retrieving metadata about | This document defines a simple protocol for retrieving metadata about | |||
| named entities, or named collections of entities. The goal of the | named entities, or named collections of entities. The goal of the | |||
| protocol is to profile various aspects of HTTP to allow requesters to | protocol is to profile various aspects of HTTP to allow requesters to | |||
| rely on certain, rigorously defined, behaviour. | rely on certain, rigorously defined, behaviour. | |||
| This document is a product of the Research and Education Federations | This document is a product of the Research and Education Federations | |||
| (REFEDS) Working Group process. | (REFEDS) Working Group process. | |||
| Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor before publication) | Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor before publication) | |||
| Discussion of this draft takes place on the MDX mailing list | Discussion of this draft takes place on the MDX mailing list | |||
| (mdx@lists.iay.org.uk), which is accessed from [MDX.list]. | (mdx@lists.iay.org.uk), which is accessed from [MDX.list]. | |||
| XML versions, latest edits and the issues list for this document are | XML versions, latest edits and the issues list for this document are | |||
| available from [md-query]. | available from [md-query]. | |||
| The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix A.16. | The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix A.17. | |||
| Status of This Memo | Status of This Memo | |||
| This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the | This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the | |||
| provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. | provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. | |||
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| Table of Contents | Table of Contents | |||
| 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | |||
| 1.1. Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 1.1. Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
| 1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
| 2. Protocol Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 2. Protocol Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
| 2.1. Transport Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 2.1. Transport Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
| 2.2. HTTP Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 2.2. HTTP Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
| 2.3. HTTP Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | 2.3. HTTP Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
| 2.4. Request Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | 2.4. Request Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
| 2.5. Response Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | 2.5. Response Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
| 2.6. Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | 2.6. Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
| 2.7. Base URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | 2.7. Base URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
| 2.8. Content Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | 2.8. Content Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
| 3. Metadata Query Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | 3. Metadata Query Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | |||
| 3.1. Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | 3.1. Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | |||
| 3.2. Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | 3.2. Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | |||
| 3.2.1. Request by Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | 3.2.1. Request by Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | |||
| 3.2.2. Request All Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | 3.2.2. Request All Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | |||
| 3.2.3. Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | 3.2.3. Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | |||
| 3.2.4. Example Request and Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | 3.2.4. Example Request and Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | |||
| 4. Efficient Retrieval and Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | 4. Efficient Retrieval and Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | |||
| 4.1. Conditional Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | 4.1. Conditional Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | |||
| 4.2. Content Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | 4.2. Content Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | |||
| 4.3. Content Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 4.3. Content Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | |||
| 5. Protocol Extension Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 5. Protocol Extension Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
| 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
| 6.1. Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 6.1. Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
| 6.2. Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 6.2. Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
| 6.3. Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | 6.3. Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
| 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | |||
| 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
| 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
| 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
| 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 | 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 | |||
| Appendix A. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before | Appendix A. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before | |||
| publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | |||
| A.1. Since draft-lajoie-md-query-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | ||||
| A.2. Since draft-young-md-query-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | A.1. Since draft-lajoie-md-query-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | |||
| A.3. Since draft-young-md-query-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | A.2. Since draft-young-md-query-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | |||
| A.4. Since draft-young-md-query-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | A.3. Since draft-young-md-query-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | |||
| A.5. Since draft-young-md-query-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | A.4. Since draft-young-md-query-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | |||
| A.6. Since draft-young-md-query-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | A.5. Since draft-young-md-query-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | |||
| A.7. Since draft-young-md-query-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.6. Since draft-young-md-query-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | |||
| A.8. Since draft-young-md-query-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.7. Since draft-young-md-query-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.9. Since draft-young-md-query-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.8. Since draft-young-md-query-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.10. Since draft-young-md-query-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.9. Since draft-young-md-query-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.11. Since draft-young-md-query-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.10. Since draft-young-md-query-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.12. Since draft-young-md-query-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.11. Since draft-young-md-query-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.13. Since draft-young-md-query-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | A.12. Since draft-young-md-query-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.14. Since draft-young-md-query-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | A.13. Since draft-young-md-query-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
| A.15. Since draft-young-md-query-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | A.14. Since draft-young-md-query-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | |||
| A.16. Since draft-young-md-query-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | A.15. Since draft-young-md-query-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | |||
| Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | A.16. Since draft-young-md-query-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | |||
| A.17. Since draft-young-md-query-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | ||||
| Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | ||||
| 1. Introduction | 1. Introduction | |||
| Many clients of web-based services are capable of consuming | Many clients of web-based services are capable of consuming | |||
| descriptive metadata about a service in order to customize or obtain | descriptive metadata about a service in order to customize or obtain | |||
| information about the client's connection parameters. While the form | information about the client's connection parameters. While the form | |||
| of the metadata (e.g., JSON, XML) and content varies between services | of the metadata (e.g., JSON, XML) and content varies between services | |||
| this document specifies a set of semantics for HTTP ([RFC7230] et | this document specifies a set of semantics for HTTP ([RFC7230] et | |||
| seq.) that allow clients to rely on certain behavior. The defined | seq.) that allow clients to rely on certain behavior. The defined | |||
| behavior is meant to make it easy for clients to perform queries, to | behavior is meant to make it easy for clients to perform queries, to | |||
| skipping to change at page 6, line 42 ¶ | skipping to change at page 6, line 34 ¶ | |||
| HTTP/1.1 was not used | HTTP/1.1 was not used | |||
| 2.7. Base URL | 2.7. Base URL | |||
| Requests defined in this document are performed by issuing an HTTP | Requests defined in this document are performed by issuing an HTTP | |||
| GET request to a particular URL ([STD66]). The final component of | GET request to a particular URL ([STD66]). The final component of | |||
| the path to which requests are issued is defined by the requests | the path to which requests are issued is defined by the requests | |||
| specified within this document. A base URL precedes such paths. | specified within this document. A base URL precedes such paths. | |||
| Such a base URL: | Such a base URL: | |||
| o MUST contain the scheme and authority components. | * MUST contain the scheme and authority components. | |||
| o MUST contain a path component ending with a slash ('/') character. | * MUST contain a path component ending with a slash ('/') character. | |||
| o MUST NOT include a query component. | * MUST NOT include a query component. | |||
| o MUST NOT include a fragment identifier component. | * MUST NOT include a fragment identifier component. | |||
| 2.8. Content Negotiation | 2.8. Content Negotiation | |||
| As there may be many representations for a given piece of metadata, | As there may be many representations for a given piece of metadata, | |||
| agent-driven content negotiation is used to ensure the proper | agent-driven content negotiation is used to ensure the proper | |||
| representation is delivered to the requester. In addition to the | representation is delivered to the requester. In addition to the | |||
| required usage of the Accept header a responder SHOULD also support | required usage of the Accept header a responder SHOULD also support | |||
| the use of the Accept-Charset header. | the use of the Accept-Charset header. | |||
| 3. Metadata Query Protocol | 3. Metadata Query Protocol | |||
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| idchar = %x00-ff ; any encodable character | idchar = %x00-ff ; any encodable character | |||
| 3.2. Protocol | 3.2. Protocol | |||
| 3.2.1. Request by Identifier | 3.2.1. Request by Identifier | |||
| A metadata query request for all entities tagged with a particular | A metadata query request for all entities tagged with a particular | |||
| identifier is performed by issuing an HTTP GET request to a URL | identifier is performed by issuing an HTTP GET request to a URL | |||
| constructed as the concatenation of the following components: | constructed as the concatenation of the following components: | |||
| o The responder's base URL. | * The responder's base URL. | |||
| o The string "entities/". | * The string "entities/". | |||
| o A single identifier, percent-encoded appropriately for use as a | * A single identifier, percent-encoded appropriately for use as a | |||
| URL path segment (see sections 2.1 and 3.3 of [STD66]). | URL path segment (see sections 2.1 and 3.3 of [STD66]). | |||
| For example, with a base URL of "http://example.org/mdq/", a query | For example, with a base URL of http://example.org/mdq/, a query for | |||
| for the identifier "foo" would be performed by an HTTP GET request to | the identifier foo would be performed by an HTTP GET request to the | |||
| the following URL: | following URL: | |||
| http://example.org/mdq/entities/foo | http://example.org/mdq/entities/foo | |||
| Correct encoding of the identifier as a URL path segment is critical | Correct encoding of the identifier as a URL path segment is critical | |||
| for interoperability. In particular: | for interoperability. In particular: | |||
| The character '/' MUST be percent-encoded. | The character '/' MUST be percent-encoded. | |||
| The space character MUST be encoded as '%20' and MUST NOT be | The space character MUST be encoded as '%20' and MUST NOT be | |||
| encoded as '+' as would be required in a query parameter. | encoded as '+' as would be required in a query parameter. | |||
| For example, with a base URL of "http://example.org/mdq/", a query | For example, with a base URL of http://example.org/mdq/, a query for | |||
| for the identifier ""blue/green+light blue"" would be performed by an | the identifier "blue/green+light blue" would be performed by an HTTP | |||
| HTTP GET request to the following URL: | GET request to the following URL: | |||
| http://example.org/mdq/entities/blue%2Fgreen+light%20blue | http://example.org/mdq/entities/blue%2Fgreen+light%20blue | |||
| 3.2.2. Request All Entities | 3.2.2. Request All Entities | |||
| A metadata query request for all entities known to the responder is | A metadata query request for all entities known to the responder is | |||
| performed by issuing an HTTP GET request to a URL constructed as the | performed by issuing an HTTP GET request to a URL constructed as the | |||
| concatenation of the following components: | concatenation of the following components: | |||
| o The responder's base URL. | * The responder's base URL. | |||
| o The string "entities". | * The string "entities". | |||
| For example, with a base URL of "http://example.org/mdq/", a query | For example, with a base URL of http://example.org/mdq/, a query for | |||
| for all entities would be performed by an HTTP GET request to the | all entities would be performed by an HTTP GET request to the | |||
| following URL: | following URL: | |||
| http://example.org/mdq/entities | http://example.org/mdq/entities | |||
| 3.2.3. Response | 3.2.3. Response | |||
| The response to a metadata query request MUST be a document that | The response to a metadata query request MUST be a document that | |||
| provides metadata for the given request in the format described by | provides metadata for the given request in the format described by | |||
| the request's Accept header. | the request's Accept header. | |||
| The responder is responsible for ensuring that the metadata returned | The responder is responsible for ensuring that the metadata returned | |||
| is valid. If the responder can not create a valid document it MUST | is valid. If the responder can not create a valid document it MUST | |||
| respond with a 406 status code. An example of such an error would be | respond with a 406 status code. An example of such an error would be | |||
| the case where the result of the query is metadata for multiple | the case where the result of the query is metadata for multiple | |||
| entities but the request content type does not support returning | entities but the request content type does not support returning | |||
| multiple results in a single document. | multiple results in a single document. | |||
| 3.2.4. Example Request and Response | 3.2.4. Example Request and Response | |||
| The following example demonstrates a metadata query request using a | The following example demonstrates a metadata query request using a | |||
| base URL of "http://metadata.example.org/service/" and the identifier | base URL of http://metadata.example.org/service/ and the identifier | |||
| "http://example.org/idp". | http://example.org/idp. | |||
| GET /service/entities/http:%2F%2Fexample.org%2Fidp HTTP/1.1 | GET /service/entities/http:%2F%2Fexample.org%2Fidp HTTP/1.1 | |||
| Host: metadata.example.org | Host: metadata.example.org | |||
| Accept: application/samlmetadata+xml | Accept: application/samlmetadata+xml | |||
| Figure 1: Example Metadata Query Request | ||||
| Example Metadata Query Request | ||||
| HTTP/1.x 200 OK | HTTP/1.x 200 OK | |||
| Content-Type: application/samlmetadata+xml | Content-Type: application/samlmetadata+xml | |||
| ETag: "abcdefg" | ETag: "abcdefg" | |||
| Last-Modified: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:45:26 GMT | Last-Modified: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:45:26 GMT | |||
| Content-Length: 1234 | Content-Length: 1234 | |||
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |||
| <EntityDescriptor entityID="http://example.org/idp" | <EntityDescriptor entityID="http://example.org/idp" | |||
| xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"> | xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"> | |||
| .... | .... | |||
| Example Metadata Query Response | Figure 2: Example Metadata Query Response | |||
| 4. Efficient Retrieval and Caching | 4. Efficient Retrieval and Caching | |||
| 4.1. Conditional Retrieval | 4.1. Conditional Retrieval | |||
| Upon a successful response the responder MUST return an ETag header | Upon a successful response the responder MUST return an ETag header | |||
| and MAY return a Last-Modified header as well. Requesters SHOULD use | and MAY return a Last-Modified header as well. Requesters SHOULD use | |||
| either or both, with the ETag being preferred, in any subsequent | either or both, with the ETag being preferred, in any subsequent | |||
| requests for the same resource. | requests for the same resource. | |||
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| Requesters SHOULD support, and advertise support for, gzip | Requesters SHOULD support, and advertise support for, gzip | |||
| compression unless such usage would put exceptional demands on | compression unless such usage would put exceptional demands on | |||
| constrained environments. Responders MUST support gzip compression. | constrained environments. Responders MUST support gzip compression. | |||
| Requesters and responders MAY support other compression algorithms. | Requesters and responders MAY support other compression algorithms. | |||
| 5. Protocol Extension Points | 5. Protocol Extension Points | |||
| The Metadata Query Protocol is extensible using the following | The Metadata Query Protocol is extensible using the following | |||
| protocol extension points: | protocol extension points: | |||
| o Profiles of this specification may assign semantics to specific | * Profiles of this specification may assign semantics to specific | |||
| identifiers, or to identifiers structured in particular ways. | identifiers, or to identifiers structured in particular ways. | |||
| o Profiles of this specification may define additional paths (other | * Profiles of this specification may define additional paths (other | |||
| than "entities" and "entities/") below the base URL. | than entities and entities/) below the base URL. | |||
| 6. Security Considerations | 6. Security Considerations | |||
| 6.1. Integrity | 6.1. Integrity | |||
| As metadata often contains information necessary for the secure | As metadata often contains information necessary for the secure | |||
| operation of interacting services it is RECOMMENDED that some form of | operation of interacting services it is RECOMMENDED that some form of | |||
| content integrity checking be performed. This may include the use of | content integrity checking be performed. This may include the use of | |||
| TLS at the transport layer, digital signatures present within the | TLS at the transport layer, digital signatures present within the | |||
| metadata document, or any other such mechanism. | metadata document, or any other such mechanism. | |||
| skipping to change at page 12, line 35 ¶ | skipping to change at page 12, line 30 ¶ | |||
| RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005, | RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005, | |||
| <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>. | <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>. | |||
| [STD68] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax | [STD68] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax | |||
| Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, | Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, | |||
| DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008, | DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008, | |||
| <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>. | <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>. | |||
| 9.2. Informative References | 9.2. Informative References | |||
| [md-query] | [md-query] Young, I.A., Ed., "md-query Project", | |||
| Young, I., Ed., "md-query Project", | ||||
| <https://github.com/iay/md-query>. | <https://github.com/iay/md-query>. | |||
| [MDX.list] | [MDX.list] Young, I.A., Ed., "MDX Mailing List", | |||
| Young, I., Ed., "MDX Mailing List", | ||||
| <http://lists.iay.org.uk/listinfo.cgi/mdx-iay.org.uk>. | <http://lists.iay.org.uk/listinfo.cgi/mdx-iay.org.uk>. | |||
| [REFEDS] Research and Education Federations, "REFEDS Home Page", | [REFEDS] Research and Education Federations, "REFEDS Home Page", | |||
| <http://www.refeds.org/>. | <http://www.refeds.org/>. | |||
| [REFEDS.agreement] | [REFEDS.agreement] | |||
| Research and Education Federations, "REFEDS Participant's | Research and Education Federations, "REFEDS Participant's | |||
| Agreement", | Agreement", | |||
| <https://refeds.org/about/about_agreement.html>. | <https://refeds.org/about/about_agreement.html>. | |||
| skipping to change at page 15, line 33 ¶ | skipping to change at page 14, line 33 ¶ | |||
| component. | component. | |||
| Added the definition for the query for all entities in Section 3.2.2. | Added the definition for the query for all entities in Section 3.2.2. | |||
| Corrected an example in Section 3.2.4 to include the required double | Corrected an example in Section 3.2.4 to include the required double | |||
| quotes in the value of an ETag header. Added text to clarify the | quotes in the value of an ETag header. Added text to clarify the | |||
| base URL and identifier being used in the example. | base URL and identifier being used in the example. | |||
| Simplified the definition of identifiers, so that any non-empty | Simplified the definition of identifiers, so that any non-empty | |||
| identifier is accepted and no semantics are defined for particular | identifier is accepted and no semantics are defined for particular | |||
| structures. Extended syntaxes such as the "{sha1}" notation for | structures. Extended syntaxes such as the {sha1} notation for | |||
| transformed identifiers are now left to profiles. | transformed identifiers are now left to profiles. | |||
| Remove incidental references to SSL. | Remove incidental references to SSL. | |||
| Remove status code 501 ("not implemented") as it is no longer | Remove status code 501 ("not implemented") as it is no longer | |||
| referenced. | referenced. | |||
| A.5. Since draft-young-md-query-03 | A.5. Since draft-young-md-query-03 | |||
| Correct a typo in the identifier grammar. | Correct a typo in the identifier grammar. | |||
| skipping to change at page 17, line 17 ¶ | skipping to change at page 16, line 17 ¶ | |||
| No substantive changes. | No substantive changes. | |||
| A.15. Since draft-young-md-query-13 | A.15. Since draft-young-md-query-13 | |||
| No substantive changes. | No substantive changes. | |||
| A.16. Since draft-young-md-query-14 | A.16. Since draft-young-md-query-14 | |||
| No substantive changes. | No substantive changes. | |||
| A.17. Since draft-young-md-query-15 | ||||
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| Author's Address | Author's Address | |||
| Ian A. Young (editor) | Ian A. Young (editor) | |||
| Independent | Independent | |||
| EMail: ian@iay.org.uk | Email: ian@iay.org.uk | |||
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