Internet Engineering Task Force S. Hollenbeck Internet-Draft VeriSign, Inc. August 19, 2002 Expires: February 19, 2003 Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress". The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. Abstract This document describes an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) mapping for the provisioning and management of individual or organizational social information identifiers (known as "contacts") stored in a shared central repository. Specified in XML, the mapping defines EPP command syntax and semantics as applied to contacts. Conventions Used In This Document 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 [RFC2119]. In examples, "C:" represents lines sent by a protocol client and "S:" represents lines returned by a protocol server. Indentation and white space in examples is provided only to illustrate element relationships and is not a REQUIRED feature of this protocol. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 1] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................. 3 2. Object Attributes ............................................ 4 2.1 Contact and Client Identifiers .............................. 4 2.2 Status Values ............................................... 4 2.3 Individual and Organizational Names ......................... 6 2.4 Address ..................................................... 6 2.4.1 Street, City, and State or Province ....................... 6 2.4.2 Postal Code ............................................... 6 2.4.3 Country ................................................... 6 2.5 Telephone Numbers ........................................... 6 2.6 Email Addresses ............................................. 7 2.7 Dates and Times ............................................. 7 2.8 Authorization Information ................................... 7 3. EPP Command mapping .......................................... 8 3.1 EPP Query Commands .......................................... 8 3.1.1 EPP Command ....................................... 8 3.1.2 EPP Command ........................................ 10 3.1.3 EPP Query Command .............................. 14 3.2 EPP Transform Commands ...................................... 16 3.2.1 EPP Command ...................................... 17 3.2.2 EPP Command ...................................... 20 3.2.3 EPP Command ....................................... 21 3.2.4 EPP Command .................................... 22 3.2.5 EPP Command ...................................... 23 3.2.6 Offline Review of Requested Actions ....................... 27 4. Formal Syntax ................................................ 30 5. Internationalization Considerations .......................... 38 6. IANA Considerations .......................................... 38 7. Security Considerations ...................................... 39 8. Acknowledgements ............................................. 39 9. References ................................................... 40 10. Author's Address ............................................ 41 A. Revisions From Previous Version .............................. 42 B. Full Copyright Statement ..................................... 43 Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 2] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 1. Introduction This document describes a personal and organizational identifier mapping for version 1.0 of the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP). This mapping is specified using the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 as described in [XML] and XML Schema notation as described in [XMLS-1] and [XMLS-2]. [EPP] provides a complete description of EPP command and response structures. A thorough understanding of the base protocol specification is necessary to understand the mapping described in this document. XML is case sensitive. Unless stated otherwise, XML specifications and examples provided in this document MUST be interpreted in the character case presented to develop a conforming implementation. This document is being discussed on the "ietf-provreg" mailing list. To join the list, send a message to with the words "subscribe ietf-provreg" in the body of the message. There is a web site for the list archives at http://www.cafax.se/ietf-provreg. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 3] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 2. Object Attributes An EPP contact object has attributes and associated values that can be viewed and modified by the sponsoring client or the server. This section describes each attribute type in detail. The formal syntax for the attribute values described here can be found in the "Formal Syntax" section of this document and in the appropriate normative references. 2.1 Contact and Client Identifiers All EPP contacts are identified by a server-unique identifier. Contact identifiers are character strings with a specified minimum length, a specified maximum length, and a specified format. Contact identifiers use the "clIDType" client identifier syntax described in [EPP]. 2.2 Status Values A contact object MUST always have at least one associated status value. Status values can be set only by the client that sponsors a contact object and by the server on which the object resides. A client can change the status of a contact object using the EPP command. Each status value MAY be accompanied by a string of human-readable text that describes the rationale for the status applied to the object. A client MUST NOT alter status values set by the server. A server MAY alter or override status values set by a client subject to local server policies. Status values that can be added or removed by a client are prefixed with "client". Corresponding status values that can be added or removed by a server are prefixed with "server". Status values that do not begin with either "client" or "server" are server-managed. Status Value Descriptions: - clientDeleteProhibited, serverDeleteProhibited Requests to delete the object MUST be rejected. - clientTransferProhibited, serverTransferProhibited Requests to transfer the object MUST be rejected. - clientUpdateProhibited, serverUpdateProhibited Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 4] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Requests to update the object (other than to remove this status) MUST be rejected. - linked The contact object has at least one active association with another object, such as a domain object. Servers SHOULD provide services to determine existing object associations. - ok This is the normal status value for an object that has no pending operations or prohibitions. - pendingCreate, pendingDelete, pendingTransfer, pendingUpdate A transform command has been processed for the object, but the action has not been completed by the server. Server operators can delay action completion for a variety of reasons, such as to allow for human review or third-party action. A transform command that is processed, but whose requested action is pending, is noted with response code 1001. With one exception, transform commands MUST be rejected when a pendingCreate, pendingDelete, pendingTransfer, or pendingUpdate status is set. The only exception is that a command to approve, reject, or cancel a transfer MAY be processed while an object is in "pendingTransfer" status. When the requested action has been completed, the pendingCreate, pendingDelete, pendingTransfer, or pendingUpdate status value MUST be removed. All clients involved in the transaction MUST be notified using a service message that the action has been completed and that the status of the object has changed. "ok" status MAY only be combined with "linked" status. "linked" status MAY be combined with any status. "pendingDelete" status MUST NOT be combined with either "clientDeleteProhibited" or "serverDeleteProhibited" status. "pendingTransfer" status MUST NOT be combined with either "clientTransferProhibited" or "serverTransferProhibited" status. "pendingUpdate" status MUST NOT be combined with either "clientUpdateProhibited" or "serverUpdateProhibited" status. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 5] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 The pendingCreate, pendingDelete, pendingTransfer, and pendingUpdate status values MUST NOT be combined with each other. Other status combinations not expressly prohibited MAY be used. 2.3 Individual and Organizational Names Individual and organizational names associated with a contact are represented using character strings. These strings have a specified minimum length and a specified maximum length. Individual and organizational names MAY be provided in both UTF-8 [RFC2279] and a subset of UTF-8 that can be represented in 7-bit ASCII depending on local needs. 2.4 Address Every contact has associated postal address information. A postal address contains OPTIONAL street information, city information, OPTIONAL state/province information, an OPTIONAL postal code, and a country identifier. Address information MAY be provided in both UTF-8 and a subset of UTF-8 that can be represented in 7-bit ASCII depending on local needs. 2.4.1 Street, City, and State or Province Contact street, city, and state or province information is represented using character strings. These strings have a specified minimum length and a specified maximum length. 2.4.2 Postal Code Contact postal codes are represented using character strings. These strings have a specified minimum length and a specified maximum length. 2.4.3 Country Contact country identifiers are represented using two-character identifiers specified in [ISO3166]. 2.5 Telephone Numbers Contact telephone number structure is derived from structures defined in [E164a]. Telephone numbers described in this mapping are character strings that MUST begin with a plus sign ("+", ASCII value 0x002B), followed by a country code defined in [E164b], followed by a dot (".", ASCII value 0x002E), followed by a sequence of digits representing the telephone number. An optional "x" attribute is provided to note Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 6] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 telephone extension information. 2.6 Email Addresses Email address syntax is defined in [RFC2822]. This mapping does not prescribe minimum or maximum lengths for character strings used to represent email addresses. 2.7 Dates and Times Date and time attribute values MUST be represented in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) using the Gregorian calendar. The extended date-time form using upper case "T" and "Z" characters defined in [RFC3339] MUST be used to represent date-time values as XML Schema does not support truncated date-time forms or lower case "T" and "Z" characters. 2.8 Authorization Information Authorization information is associated with contact objects to facilitate transfer operations. Authorization information is assigned when a contact object is created, and it might be updated in the future. This specification describes password-based authorization information, though other mechanisms are possible. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 7] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 3. EPP Command mapping A detailed description of the EPP syntax and semantics can be found in [EPP]. The command mappings described here are specifically for use in provisioning and managing contact objects via EPP. 3.1 EPP Query Commands EPP provides three commands to retrieve contact information: to determine if a contact object can be provisioned within a repository, to retrieve detailed information associated with a contact object, and to retrieve contact object transfer status information. 3.1.1 EPP Command The EPP command is used to determine if an object can be provisioned within a repository. It provides a hint that allows a client to anticipate the success or failure of provisioning an object using the command as object provisioning requirements are ultimately a matter of server policy. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - One or more elements that contain the server-unique identifier of the contact objects to be queried. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 8] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Example command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: sah8013 C: 8013sah C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When a command has been processed successfully, the EPP element MUST contain a child element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains one or more elements that contain the following child elements: - A element that identifies the queried object. This element MUST contain an "avail" attribute whose value indicates object availability (can it be provisioned or not) at the moment the command was completed. A value of "1" or "true" means that the object can be provisioned. A value of "0" or "false" means that the object can not be provisioned. - An OPTIONAL element that MAY be provided when an object can not be provisioned. If present, this element contains server-specific text to help explain why the object can not be provisioned. This text MUST be represented in the response language previously negotiated with the client; an OPTIONAL "lang" attribute MAY be present to identify the language if the negotiated value is something other than the default value of "en" (English). Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 9] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Example response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: S: S: sah8013 S: In use S: S: S: 8013sah S: S: S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54322-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if a command can not be processed for any reason. 3.1.2 EPP Command The EPP command is used to retrieve information associated with a contact object. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 10] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of the contact object to be queried. Example command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When an command has been processed successfully, the EPP element MUST contain a child element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of the contact object. - A element that contains the Repository Object IDentifier assigned to the contact object when the object was created. - One or more elements that describe the status of the contact object. - One or two elements that contain postal address information. Two elements are provided so that address information can be provided in both internationalized and localized forms; a "type" attribute is used to identify the two forms. If an internationalized form (type="int") is provided, element content MUST be represented in a subset of UTF-8 that can be represented in the 7- bit US-ASCII character set. If a localized form (type="loc") is provided, element content MAY be represented in unrestricted UTF-8. The element contains the following child elements: Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 11] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 - A element that contains the name of the individual or role represented by the contact. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the name of the organization with which the contact is affiliated. - A element that contains address information associated with the contact. A element contains the following child elements: - One, two, or three OPTIONAL elements that contain the contact's street address. - A element that contains the contact's city. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's state or province. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's postal code. - A element that contains the contact's country code. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's voice telephone number. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's facsimile telephone number. - A element that contains the contact's email address. - A element that contains the identifier of the sponsoring client. - A element that contains the identifier of the client that created the contact object. - A element that contains the date and time of contact object creation. - A element that contains the identifier of the client that last updated the contact object. This element MUST NOT be present if the contact has never been modified. - A element that contains the date and time of the most recent contact object modification. This element MUST NOT be present if the contact object has never been modified. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 12] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 - A elements that contains the date and time of the most recent successful contact object transfer. This element MUST NOT be provided if the contact object has never been transferred. - A element that contains authorization information associated with the contact object. This element MUST NOT be provided if the querying client is not the current sponsoring client. Example response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: SH8013-REP S: S: S: S: John Doe S: Example Inc. S: S: 123 Example Dr. S: Suite 100 S: Dulles S: VA S: 20166-6503 S: US S: S: S: +1.7035555555 S: +1.7035555556 S: jdoe@example.tld S: ClientY S: ClientX S: 1999-04-03T22:00:00.0Z S: ClientX S: 1999-12-03T09:00:00.0Z Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 13] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 S: 2000-04-08T09:00:00.0Z S: S: 2fooBAR S: S: S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54322-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if an command can not be processed for any reason. 3.1.3 EPP Query Command The EPP command provides a query operation that allows a client to determine real-time status of pending and completed transfer requests. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain an "op" attribute with value "query", and a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element MUST contain the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of the contact object to be queried. - A element that contains authorization information associated with the contact object. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 14] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Example query command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: C: 2fooBAR C: C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When a query command has been processed successfully, the EPP element MUST contain a child element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier for the queried contact. - A element that contains the state of the most recent transfer request. - A element that contains the identifier of the client that requested the object transfer. - A element that contains the date and time that the transfer was requested. - A element that contains the identifier of the client that SHOULD act upon the transfer request. - A element that contains the date and time of a required or completed response. For a pending request, the value identifies the date and time by which a response is required before an Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 15] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 automated response action SHOULD be taken by the server. For all other status types, the value identifies the date and time when the request was completed. Example query response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: pending S: ClientX S: 2000-06-06T22:00:00.0Z S: ClientY S: 2000-06-11T22:00:00.0Z S: S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54322-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if a query command can not be processed for any reason. 3.2 EPP Transform Commands EPP provides four commands to transform contact object information: to create an instance of a contact object, to delete an instance of a contact object, to manage contact object sponsorship changes, and to change information associated with a contact object. This document does not define a mapping for the EPP command. Transform commands are typically processed and completed in real time. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 16] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Server operators MAY receive and process transform commands, but defer completing the requested action if human or third-party review is required before the requested action can be completed. In such situations the server MUST return a 1001 response code to the client to note that the command has been received and processed, but the requested action is pending. The server MUST also manage the status of the object that is the subject of the command to reflect the initiation and completion of the requested action. Once the action has been completed, all clients involved in the transaction MUST be notified using a service message that the action has been completed and that the status of the object has changed. 3.2.1 EPP Command The EPP command provides a transform operation that allows a client to create a contact object. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the desired server-unique identifier for the contact to be created. - One or two elements that contain postal address information. Two elements are provided so that address information can be provided in both internationalized and localized forms; a "type" attribute is used to identify the two forms. If an internationalized form (type="int") is provided, element content MUST be represented in a subset of UTF-8 that can be represented in the 7- bit US-ASCII character set. If a localized form (type="loc") is provided, element content MAY be represented in unrestricted UTF-8. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the name of the individual or role represented by the contact. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the name of the organization with which the contact is affiliated. - A element that contains address information associated with the contact. A element contains the following child elements: - One, two, or three OPTIONAL elements that contain the contact's street address. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 17] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 - A element that contains the contact's city. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's state or province. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's postal code. - A element that contains the contact's country code. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's voice telephone number. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's facsimile telephone number. - A element that contains the contact's email address. - A element that contains authorization information to be associated with the contact object. This mapping includes a password-based authentication mechanism, but the schema allows new mechanisms to be defined in new schemas. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 18] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Example command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: C: John Doe C: Example Inc. C: C: 123 Example Dr. C: Suite 100 C: Dulles C: VA C: 20166-6503 C: US C: C: C: +1.7035555555 C: +1.7035555556 C: jdoe@example.tld C: C: 2fooBAR C: C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When a command has been processed successfully, the EPP element MUST contain a child element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier for the created contact. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 19] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 - A element that contains the date and time of contact object creation. Example response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: 1999-04-03T22:00:00.0Z S: S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54321-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if a command can not be processed for any reason. 3.2.2 EPP Command The EPP command provides a transform operation that allows a client to delete a contact object. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element MUST contain the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of the contact object to be deleted. A contact object SHOULD NOT be deleted if it is associated with other known objects. An associated contact SHOULD NOT be deleted until associations with other known objects have been broken. A server Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 20] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 SHOULD notify clients of object relationships when a command is attempted and fails due to existing object relationships. Example command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When a command has been processed successfully, a server MUST respond with an EPP response with no element. Example response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54321-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if a command can not be processed for any reason. 3.2.3 EPP Command Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 21] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Renewal semantics do not apply to contact objects, so there is no mapping defined for the EPP command. 3.2.4 EPP Command The EPP command provides a transform operation that allows a client to manage requests to transfer the sponsorship of a contact object. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of the contact object for which a transfer request is to be created, approved, rejected, or cancelled. - A element that contains authorization information associated with the contact object. Every EPP command MUST contain an "op" attribute that identifies the transfer operation to be performed as defined in [EPP]. Example request command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: C: 2fooBAR C: C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When a command has been processed successfully, the EPP element MUST contain a child element that Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 22] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the same child elements defined for a transfer query response. Example response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: pending S: ClientX S: 2000-06-08T22:00:00.0Z S: ClientY S: 2000-06-13T22:00:00.0Z S: S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54322-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if a command can not be processed for any reason. 3.2.5 EPP Command The EPP command provides a transform operation that allows a client to modify the attributes of a contact object. In addition to the standard EPP command elements, the command MUST contain a element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 23] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 the contact object to be updated. - An OPTIONAL element that contains attribute values to be added to the object. - An OPTIONAL element that contains attribute values to be removed from the object. - An OPTIONAL element that contains object attribute values to be changed. At least one , , or element MUST be provided. The and elements contain the following child elements: - One or more elements that contain status values to be associated with or removed from the object. When specifying a value to be removed, only the attribute value is significant; element text is not required to match a value for removal. A element contains the following OPTIONAL child elements. At least one child element MUST be present: - One or two elements that contain postal address information. Two elements are provided so that address information can be provided in both internationalized and localized forms; a "type" attribute is used to identify the two forms. If an internationalized form (type="int") is provided, element content MUST be represented in a subset of UTF-8 that can be represented in the 7- bit US-ASCII character set. If a localized form (type="loc") is provided, element content MAY be represented in unrestricted UTF-8. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the name of the individual or role represented by the contact. - A element that contains the name of the organization with which the contact is affiliated. - A element that contains address information associated with the contact. A element contains the following child elements: - One, two, or three OPTIONAL elements that contain the contact's street address. - A element that contains the contact's city. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 24] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's state or province. - An OPTIONAL element that contains the contact's postal code. - A element that contains the contact's country code. - A element that contains the contact's voice telephone number. - A element that contains the contact's facsimile telephone number. - A element that contains the contact's email address. - A element that contains authorization information associated with the contact object. This mapping includes a password-based authentication mechanism, but the schema allows new mechanisms to be defined in new schemas. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 25] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Example command: C: C: C: C: C: C: sh8013 C: C: C: C: C: C: C: C: 124 Example Dr. C: Suite 200 C: Dulles C: VA C: 20166-6503 C: US C: C: C: +1.7034444444 C: C: C: 2fooBAR C: C: C: C: C: ABC-12345 C: C: When an command has been processed successfully, a server MUST respond with an EPP response with no element. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 26] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Example response: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54321-XYZ S: S: S: An EPP error response MUST be returned if an command can not be processed for any reason. 3.2.6 Offline Review of Requested Actions Commands are processed by a server in the order they are received from a client. Though an immediate response confirming receipt and processing of the command is produced by the server, a server operator MAY perform an offline review of requested transform commands before completing the requested action. In such situations the response from the server MUST clearly note that the transform command has been received and processed, but the requested action is pending. The status of the corresponding object MUST clearly reflect processing of the pending action. The server MUST notify the client when offline processing of the action has been completed. Examples describing a command that requires offline review are included here. Note the result code and message returned in response to the command. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 27] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully; action pending S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: 1999-04-03T22:00:00.0Z S: S: S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54321-XYZ S: S: S: The status of the contact object after returning this response MUST include "pendingCreate". The server operator reviews the request offline, and informs the client of the outcome of the review by queuing a service message for retrieval via the command. The service message MUST contain text in the , , element that describes the notification. In addition, the EPP element MUST contain a child element that identifies the contact namespace and the location of the contact schema. The element contains the following child elements: - A element that contains the server-unique identifier of the contact object. The element contains a REQUIRED "paResult" attribute. A positive boolean value indicates that the request has been approved and completed. A negative boolean value indicates that the request has been denied and the requested action has not been taken. - A element that contains the client transaction identifier and server transaction identifier returned with the original response to process the command. The client transaction Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 28] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 identifier is OPTIONAL and will only be returned if the client provided an identifier with the original command. - A element that contains the date and time describing when review of the requested action was completed. Example "review completed" service message: S: S: S: S: S: Command completed successfully; ack to dequeue S: S: S: 1999-04-04T22:01:00.0Z S: Pending action completed successfully. S: S: S: S: sh8013 S: S: ABC-12345 S: 54321-XYZ S: S: 1999-04-04T22:00:00.0Z S: S: S: S: BCD-23456 S: 65432-WXY S: S: S: Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 29] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 4. Formal Syntax An EPP object mapping is specified in XML Schema notation. The formal syntax presented here is a complete schema representation of the object mapping suitable for automated validation of EPP XML instances. The BEGIN and END tags are not part of the schema; they are used to note the beginning and ending of the schema for URI registration purposes. BEGIN Extensible Provisioning Protocol v1.0 contact provisioning schema. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 30] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 34] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 35] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 END Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 37] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 5. Internationalization Considerations EPP is represented in XML, which provides native support for encoding information using the Unicode character set and its more compact representations including UTF-8. Conformant XML processors recognize both UTF-8 and UTF-16 [RFC2781]. Though XML includes provisions to identify and use other character encodings through use of an "encoding" attribute in an declaration, EPP use with character encodings other than UTF-8 is NOT RECOMMENDED in environments where parser encoding support incompatibility might have an impact on interoperability. All date-time values presented via EPP MUST be expressed in Universal Coordinated Time using the Gregorian calendar. XML Schema allows use of time zone identifiers to indicate offsets from the zero meridian, but this option MUST NOT be used with EPP. The extended date-time form using upper case "T" and "Z" characters defined in [RFC3339] MUST be used to represent date-time values as XML Schema does not support truncated date-time forms or lower case "T" and "Z" characters. Humans, organizations, and other entities often need to represent social information in both a commonly understood character set and a locally optimized character set. This specification provides features allowing representation of social information in both a subset of UTF-8 for broad readability and unrestricted UTF-8 for local optimization. 6. IANA Considerations This document uses URNs to describe XML namespaces and XML schemas conforming to a registry mechanism described in [IETF-XML]. Two URI assignments are requested. Registration request for the contact namespace: URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:contact-1.0 Registrant Contact: See the "Author's Address" section of this document. XML: None. Namespace URIs do not represent an XML specification. Registration request for the contact XML schema: URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:contact-1.0 Registrant Contact: See the "Author's Address" section of this document. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 38] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 XML: See the "Formal Syntax" section of this document. 7. Security Considerations An authorization token is REQUIRED to create a contact object. This token is used in transfer operations as an additional means of determining client authorization to perform the command. Failure to protect authorization tokens can result in unauthorized transfer operations. Both client and server MUST ensure that tokens are stored and exchanged with high-grade encryption mechanisms to provide privacy services. The object mapping described in this document does not provide any other security services or introduce any additional considerations beyond those described by [EPP] and protocol layers used by EPP. 8. Acknowledgements This document was originally written as an individual submission Internet-Draft. The provreg working group later adopted it as a working group document and provided many invaluable comments and suggested improvements. The author wishes to acknowledge the efforts of WG chairs Edward Lewis and Jaap Akkerhuis for their process and editorial contributions. Specific suggestions that have been incorporated into this document were provided by Chris Bason, Eric Brunner-Williams, Jordyn Buchanan, Robert Burbidge, Dave Crocker, Ayesha Damaraju, Anthony Eden, Sheer El-Showk, Dipankar Ghosh, Klaus Malorny, Dan Manley, Michael Mealling, Patrick Mevzek, Asbjorn Steira, and Rick Wesson. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 39] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 9. References Normative References: [EPP] S. Hollenbeck: "Extensible Provisioning Protocol", work in progress. [IETF-XML] M. Mealling: "The IETF XML Registry", work in progress. [ISO3166] ISO 3166-1: "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1: Country codes", October 1997. [RFC2119] S. Bradner: "Key Words for Use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2279] F. Yergeau: "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", RFC 2279, January 1998. [RFC2822] P. Resnick: "Internet Message Format", RFC 2822, April 2001. [RFC3339] G. Klyne, C. Newman: "Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps", RFC 3339, July 2002. [XML] Editor T. Bray et al.: "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)", W3C Recommendation 6 October 2000. [XMLS-1] Editors H. Thompson et al.: "XML Schema Part 1: Structures", W3C Recommendation 2 May 2001. [XMLS-2] Editors P. Biron, A. Malhotra: "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes", W3C Recommendation 2 May 2001. Informative References: [RFC2781] P. Hoffman, F. Yergeau, "UTF-16, an encoding of ISO 10646", RFC 2781, February 2000. [E164a] ITU-T Recommendation E.164: "The International Public Telecommunication Numbering Plan", May 1997. [E164b] Complement To ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (05/1997): "List of ITU-T Recommendation E.164 assigned country codes", June 2000. Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 40] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 10. Author's Address Scott Hollenbeck VeriSign Global Registry Services 21345 Ridgetop Circle Dulles, VA 20166-6503 USA shollenbeck@verisign.com Hollenbeck Expires February 19, 2003 [Page 41] Internet-Draft EPP Contact mapping August 19, 2002 A. Revisions From Previous Version (Note to RFC editor: please remove this section completely before publication as an RFC.) -04 to -05 (IETF last call updates): Replaced "nominal" with "normal" in the text. Reworked status values and descriptions in section 2.2 to incorporate values for operations that require offline human involvement. Reworded use of the term "available" in section 3.1.1. Modified structure to allow extension. Increased the maximum postal code length from 10 to 16. Added a "type" option to the element to help note localized and internationalized representations. Added section 3.2.6. Updated date-time reference to use new RFC 3339 and noted XML Schema restriction on upper case "T" and "Z" characters. Made XML references normative. 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