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Network Working Group D. Eastlake Request for Comments: 3106 Motorola Obsoletes: 2706 T. Goldstein Category: Informational Brodia

                                                            April 2001
           ECML v1.1: Field Specifications for E-Commerce

Status of this Memo

 This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
 not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
 memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

IESG Note:

 This document specifies version 1.1 of ECML and obsoletes RFC 2706
 which specifies version 1.0 of ECML. Both version 1.0 and 1.1 of ECML
 are products of the ECML alliance which is described in section 1.1
 of this document. The reader should note that version 2.0 of ECML is
 under development (as of the publication of this RFC) in the IETF in
 the TRADE Working Group.

Abstract

 Customers are frequently required to enter substantial amounts of
 information at an Internet merchant site in order to complete a
 purchase or other transaction, especially the first time they go
 there.  A standard set of information fields is defined as the first
 version of an Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML) so that
 this task can be more easily automated, for example by wallet
 software that could fill in fields.  Even for the manual data entry
 case, customers will be less confused by varying merchant sites if a
 substantial number adopt these standard fields.  In addition, some
 fields are defined for merchant to consumer communication.

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Acknowledgements

 The following persons, in alphabetic order, contributed substantially
 to the material herein:
          George Burne
          Joe Coco
          Jon Parsons
          James Salsman
          David Shepherd
          Kevin Weller

Table of Contents

 1. Introduction..................................................  2
 1.1 The ECML Alliance............................................  3
 1.2 Relationship to Other Standards..............................  4
 1.3 Areas Deferred to Future Versions............................  4
 2. Field Definitions and DTD.....................................  4
 2.1 Field List and Descriptions..................................  4
 2.1.1 Field List.................................................  5
 2.1.2 Field Foot Notes...........................................  7
 2.2 Use in HTML.................................................. 10
 2.3 An ECML 1.1 XML DTD.......................................... 11
 3. Using The Fields.............................................. 13
 3.1 Presentation of the Fields................................... 13
 3.2 Methods and Flow of Setting the Fields....................... 14
 3.3  HTML Example................................................ 14
 4. Security and Privacy Considerations........................... 16
 References....................................................... 16
 Appendix: Changes from ECML 1.0.................................. 18
 Authors' Addresses............................................... 19
 Full Copyright Statement......................................... 20

1. Introduction

 Today, numerous merchants are successfully conducting business on the
 Internet using HTML-based forms.  The data formats used in these
 forms vary considerably from one merchant to another.  End-users find
 the diversity confusing and the process of manually filling in these
 forms to be tedious.  The result is that many merchant forms,
 reportedly around two thirds, are abandoned during the fill in
 process.
 Software tools called electronic wallets can help this situation.  A
 digital wallet is an application or service that assists consumers in
 conducting online transactions by allowing them to store billing,
 shipping, payment, and preference information and to use this

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 information to automatically complete merchant interactions.  This
 greatly simplifies the check-out process and minimizes the need for a
 consumer to think about and complete a merchant's form every time.
 Digital wallets that fill forms have been successfully built into
 browsers, as proxy servers, as helper applications to browsers, as
 stand-alone applications, as browser plug-ins, and as server-based
 applications.  But the proliferation of electronic wallets has been
 hampered by the lack of standards.
 ECML (Electronic Commerce Modeling Language, <www.ecml.org>) provides
 a set of simple guidelines for web merchants that will enable
 electronic wallets from multiple vendors to fill in their web forms.
 The end-result is that more consumers will find shopping on the web
 to be easy and compelling.
 Version 1.1 has been enhanced over Version 1.0 [RFC 2706] as
 described in the appendix to this document.  These enhancements
 include support for communication from the merchant to the wallet.
 This information can be used by the wallet to present transaction
 information and possibly signed receipts.  The format of the
 signatures for receipts is not specified in this document.
 Multiple wallets and multiple merchants interoperably support ECML.
 This is an open standard.  ECML is designed to be simple.  Neither
 Version 1.0 nor Version 1.1 of the project add new technology to the
 web.  A merchant can adopt ECML and gain the support of these
 multiple Wallets by making very simple changes to their site.  Use of
 ECML requires no license.

1.1 The ECML Alliance

 The set of fields documented herein was developed by the ECML
 Alliance (www.ecml.org) which now includes, in alphabetic order, the
 fifteen Steering Committee members listed below and numerous General
 Members some of whom are listed on the ECML web site.
           1. American Express (www.americanexpress.com>
           2. AOL (www.aol.com)
           3. Brodia (www.brodia.com)
           4. Compaq (www.compaq.com)
           5. CyberCash (www.cybercash.com)
           6. Discover (www.discovercard.com)
           7. FSTC (www.fstc.org)
           8. IBM (www.ibm.com)
           9. Mastercard (www.mastercard.com)
          10. Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)
          11. Novell (www.novell.com>
          12. SETCo (www.setco.org)

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          13. Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com)
          14. Trintech (www.trintech.com>
          15. Visa International (www.visa.com)

1.2 Relationship to Other Standards

 The ECML fields were initially derived from and are consistent with
 the W3C P3P base data schema at
       <http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-P3P/basedata.html>.
 ECML Version 1.1 is not a replacement or alternative to SSL/TLS [RFC
 2246], SET [SET], XML [XML], or IOTP [RFC 2801].  These are important
 standards that provide functionality such as non-repudiatable
 transactions, automatable payment scheme selection, and smart card
 support.
 ECML may be used with any payment mechanism.  It simply allows a
 merchant to publish consistent simple web forms.  Information on the
 use of the ECML fields with W3C P3P protocol is available at
 <http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P-for-ecommerce> which also includes some
 proposed extension fields.  These extension fields may be included in
 a future version of ECML.

1.3 Areas Deferred to Future Versions

 Considerations for business purchasing cards, non-card payment
 mechanisms, wallet activation, privacy related mechanisms, additional
 payment mechanisms, currency exchange, and any sort of "negotiation"
 were among the areas deferred to consideration in future versions.
 Hidden or other special fields were minimized.

2. Field Definitions and DTD

 The ECML Standard is primarily the definition and naming of fields.
 These fields can be encoded in a variety of syntaxes and protocols.
 Section 2.1 below lists and describes the fields, Section 2.2 gives
 additional notes on HTML usage of the fields, and Section 2.3
 provides an XML DTD for use with the fields.

2.1 Field List and Descriptions

 The fields are listed below along with the minimum data entry size to
 allow.  Note that these fields are hierarchically organized as
 indicated by the embedded underscore ("_") characters.  Appropriate
 data transmission mechanisms may use this to request and send
 aggregates, such as Ecom_Payment_Card_ExpDate to encompass all the

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 date components or Ecom_ShipTo to encompass all the ship to
 components that the consumer is willing to provide.  The labeling,
 marshalling, unmarshalling of the components of such aggregates
 depends on the data transfer protocol used.

2.1.1 Field List

 IMPORTANT NOTE: "MIN" in the table below is the MINIMUM DATA SIZE TO
       ALLOW FOR ON DATA ENTRY.  It is NOT the minimum size for valid
       contents of the field and merchant software should, in most
       cases, be prepared to receive a longer or shorter value.
       Merchant dealing with areas where, for example, the
       state/province name or phone number is longer than the "Min"
       given below must obviously permit longer data entry.  In some
       cases, however, there is a maximum size that makes sense and
       where this is the case, it is documented in a Note for the
       field.
       The following fields are used to communicate from the customer
       to the merchant:
 FIELD                       NAME                         Min  Notes

ship to title Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Name_Prefix 4 ( 1) ship to first name Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Name_First 15 ship to middle name Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Name_Middle 15 ( 2) ship to last name Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Name_Last 15 ship to name suffix Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Name_Suffix 4 ( 3) ship to company name Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Company 20 ship to street line1 Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Street_Line1 20 ( 4) ship to street line2 Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Street_Line2 20 ( 4) ship to street line3 Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_Street_Line3 20 ( 4) ship to city Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_City 22 ship to state/province Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_StateProv 2 ( 5) ship to zip/postal code Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_PostalCode 14 ( 6) ship to country Ecom_ShipTo_Postal_CountryCode 2 ( 7) ship to phone Ecom_ShipTo_Telecom_Phone_Number 10 ( 8) ship to email Ecom_ShipTo_Online_Email 40 ( 9)

bill to title Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Name_Prefix 4 ( 1) bill to first name Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Name_First 15 bill to middle name Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Name_Middle 15 ( 2) bill to last name Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Name_Last 15 bill to name suffix Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Name_Suffix 4 ( 3) bill to company name Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Company 20 bill to street line1 Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Street_Line1 20 ( 4) bill to street line2 Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Street_Line2 20 ( 4) bill to street line3 Ecom_BillTo_Postal_Street_Line3 20 ( 4)

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bill to city Ecom_BillTo_Postal_City 22 bill to state/province Ecom_BillTo_Postal_StateProv 2 ( 5) bill to zip/postal code Ecom_BillTo_Postal_PostalCode 14 ( 6) bill to country Ecom_BillTo_Postal_CountryCode 2 ( 7) bill to phone Ecom_BillTo_Telecom_Phone_Number 10 ( 8) bill to email Ecom_BillTo_Online_Email 40 ( 9)

receipt to (32) receipt to title Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Name_Prefix 4 ( 1) receipt to first name Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Name_First 15 receipt to middle name Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Name_Middle 15 ( 2) receipt to last name Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Name_Last 15 receipt to name suffix Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Name_Suffix 4 ( 3) receipt to company name Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Company 20 receipt to street line1 Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Street_Line1 20 ( 4) receipt to street line2 Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Street_Line2 20 ( 4) receipt to street line3 Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_Street_Line3 20 ( 4) receipt to city Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_City 22 receipt to state/province Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_StateProv 2 ( 5) receipt to postal code Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_PostalCode 14 ( 6) receipt to country Ecom_ReceiptTo_Postal_CountryCode 2 ( 7) receipt to phone Ecom_ReceiptTo_Telecom_Phone_Number 10 ( 8) receipt to email Ecom_ReceiptTo_Online_Email 40 ( 9)

name on card Ecom_Payment_Card_Name 30 (10)

card type Ecom_Payment_Card_Type 4 (11) card number Ecom_Payment_Card_Number 19 (12) card verification value Ecom_Payment_Card_Verification 4 (13) card expire date day Ecom_Payment_Card_ExpDate_Day 2 (14) card expire date month Ecom_Payment_Card_ExpDate_Month 2 (15) card expire date year Ecom_Payment_Card_ExpDate_Year 4 (16)

card protocols Ecom_Payment_Card_Protocol 20 (17)

consumer order ID Ecom_ConsumerOrderID 20 (18)

user ID Ecom_User_ID 40 (19) user password Ecom_User_Password 20 (19)

schema version Ecom_SchemaVersion 30 (20)

wallet id Ecom_WalletID 40 (21)

end transaction flag Ecom_TransactionComplete - (22)

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The following fields are used to communicate from the merchant to the consumer:

 FIELD                       NAME                         Min  Notes

merchant home domain Ecom_Merchant 128 (23) processor home domain Ecom_Processor 128 (24) transaction identifier Ecom_Transaction_ID 128 (25) transaction URL inquiry Ecom_Transaction_Inquiry 500 (26) transaction amount Ecom_Transaction_Amount 128 (27) transaction currency Ecom_Transaction_CurrencyCode 3 (28) transaction date Ecom_Transaction_Date 80 (29) transaction type Ecom_Transaction_Type 40 (30) transaction signature Ecom_Transaction_Signature 160 (31)

end transaction flag Ecom_TransactionComplete - (22)

 FIELD                       NAME                         Min  Notes
 IMPORTANT NOTE: "MIN" in the table above is the MINIMUM DATA SIZE TO
       ALLOW FOR ON DATA ENTRY.  It is NOT the minimum size for valid
       contents of the field and merchant software should, in most
       cases, be prepared to receive a longer or shorter value.
       Merchant dealing with areas where, for example, the
       state/province name or phone number is longer than the "Min"
       given below must obviously permit longer data entry.  In some
       cases, however, there is a maximum size that makes sense and
       this is documented in a Note for the field.

2.1.2 Field Foot Notes

 ( 1) For example: Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr.  This field is commonly not
 used.
 ( 2) May also be used for middle initial.
 ( 3) For example: Ph.D., Jr. (Junior), 3rd, Esq. (Esquire).  This
 field is commonly not used.
 ( 4) Address lines must be filled in the order line1, then line2, and
 last line3.
 ( 5) 2 characters are the minimum for the US and Canada, other
 countries may require longer fields.  For the US use 2 character US
 Postal state abbreviation.

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 ( 6) Minimum field lengths for Postal Code will vary based on
 international market served.  Use 5 character or 5+4 ZIP for the US
 and 6 character postal code for Canada.  The size given, 14, is
 believed to be the maximum required anywhere in the world.
 ( 7) Use [ISO 3166] standard two letter codes.  See
 <http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/index.html> for country
 names.
 ( 8) 10 digits are the minimum for numbers local to the North
 American Numbering Plan (<http://www.nanpa.com>: US, Canada and a
 number of smaller Caribbean and Pacific nations (but not Cuba)),
 other countries may require longer fields.  Telephone numbers are
 complicated by differing international access codes, variant
 punctuation of area/city codes within countries, confusion caused by
 the fact that the international access code in the NANP region is
 usually the same as the "country code" for that area (1), etc.  It
 will probably be necessary to use heuristics or human examination
 based on the telephone number and addresses given to figure out how
 to actually call a customer.  It is recommend that an "x" be placed
 before extension numbers.
 ( 9) For example:  jsmith@example.com
 (10) The name of the cardholder.
 (11) Use the first 4 letters of the association name:
          AMER   American Express
          BANK   Bankcard (Australia)
          DC     DC (Japan)
          DINE   Diners Club
          DISC   Discover
          JCB    JCB
          MAST   Mastercard
          NIKO   Nikos (Japan)
          SAIS   Saison (Japan)
          UC     UC (Japan)
          UCAR   UCard (Taiwan)
          VISA   Visa
 (12) Includes the check digit at end but no spaces or hyphens [ISO
 7812].  The Min given, 19, is the longest number permitted under the
 ISO standard.
 (13) An additional cardholder verification number printed on the card
 (but not embossed or recorded on the magnetic stripe) such as
 American Express' CIV, MasterCard's CVC2, and Visa's CVV2 values.

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 (14) The day of the month.  Values: 1-31.  A leading zero is ignored
 so, for example, 07 is valid for the seventh day of the month.
 (15) The month of the year.  Jan - 1, Feb - 2, March - 3, etc.;
 Values: 1-12.  A leading zero is ignored so, for example, 07 is valid
 for July.
 (16) The value in the wallet cell is always four digits, e.g., 1999,
 2000, 2001, ...
 (17) A space separated list of protocols available in connection with
 the specified card.  Initial list of case insensitive tokens:
          none
          set
          setcert
          iotp
          echeck
          simcard
          phoneid
 "Set" indicates usable with SET protocol (i.e., is in a SET wallet)
 but does not have a SET certificate.  "Setcert" indicates same but
 does have a set certificate.  "iotp" indicates the IOTP protocol [RFC
 2801] is supported at the customer.  "echeck" indicates that the
 eCheck protocol [eCheck] is supported at the customer.  "simcard"
 indicates use the transaction instrument built into a Cellphone
 subscriber for identification.  "phoneid" indicates use the
 transaction instrument of a phone bill instrument.  "None" indicates
 that automatic field fill is operating but there is no SET wallet or
 the card is not entered in any SET wallet.
 (18) A unique order ID generated by the consumer software.
 (19) The user ID and password fields are used in cases where the user
 has a pre-established account with the merchant.
 (20) URI indicating version of this set of fields.  Usually a hidden
 field.  Equal to "http://www.ecml.org/version/1.1" for this version.
 (21) A string to identify the source and version of the form fill
 software that is acting on behalf of the user.  Should contain
 company and/or product name and version.  Example "Wallets Inc.,
 SuperFill, v42.7".  Usually a hidden field.
 (22) A flag to indicate that this web-page/aggregate is the final one
 for this transaction.  Usually a hidden field.

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 (23) Merchant domain name such as www.merchant.example.  This is
 usually a hidden field.
 (24) Gateway transaction processor who is actually accepting the
 payment on behalf of the merchant in home domain such as
 www.processor.example.  This is usually a hidden field.
 (25) A Transaction identification string whose format is specific to
 the processor.  This is usually a hidden field.
 (26) A URL that can be invoke to inquire about the transaction.  This
 is usually a hidden field.
 (27) The amount of the transaction in ISO currency format.  This is
 two integer numbers with a period in between but no other currency
 marks (such as a $ dollar sign).  This is usually a hidden field.
 (28) This is the three letter ISO currency code.  For example, for US
 dollars it is USD.  This is usually a hidden field.
 (29) ISO Transaction date.  This is usually a hidden field.
 (30) The type of the transaction (either debit or credit) if known.
 This is usually a hidden field.
 (31) The signature of the encoded certificate.  This is usually a
 hidden field.
 (32) The Receipt To fields are used when the Bill To entity,
 location, or address and the Receipto entity, location, or address
 are different.  For example, when using some forms of Corporate
 Purchasing Cards or Agent Purchasing Cards, the individual card
 holder would be in the Receipt To fields and the corporate or other
 owner would be in the Bill To fields.

2.2 Use in HTML

 The normal use of ECML in HTML is as a form with input field names
 identical to those given in section 2.1 above.  In general, <INPUT>
 tags with type text, hidden, and password must be supported as must
 <SELECT> tags.
 Internationalization in HTML is limited.  The information available
 with the HTML form Method as to character set and language SHOULD be
 used.

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2.3 An ECML 1.1 XML DTD

 Below is an XML DTD that can be used for the XML encoding of ECML
 v1.1 Fields.
 For internationalization of [XML] ECML, use the general XML character
 encoding provisions, which mandate support of UTF-8 and UTF-16 and
 permit support of other character sets, and the xml:lang attribute
 which may be used to specify language information.
 <!-- Electronic Commerce Modeling Language 1.1 -->
 <!ELEMENT Ecom ( #PCDATA | ShipTo | BillTo | ReceiptTo | Payment |
                  User | Transaction | TransactionComplete )* >
 <!ATTLIST Ecom
           id        ID         #IMPLIED
           ConsumerOrderID CDATA #IMPLIED
           Merchant  CDATA      #IMPLIED
           Processor CDATA      #IMPLIED
           SchemaVersion ( "http://www.ecml.org/version/1.0" |
                           "http://www.ecml.org/version/1.1" )
                                #IMPLIED
           WalletID  CDATA      #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT ShipTo ( #PCDATA | Postal | Telecom | Online )* >
 <!ATTLIST ShipTo
           id        ID         #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT BillTo  ( #PCDATA | Postal | Telecom | Online )* >
 <!ATTLIST BillTo
           id        ID         #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT ReceiptTo ( #PCDATA | Postal | Telecom | Online )* >
 <!ATTLIST ReceiptTo
           id        ID         #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT Postal ( #PCDATA | Name | Company |
                              Street | City | StateProv )* >
 <!ATTLIST Postal
           id        ID         #IMPLIED
           PostalCode NMTOKEN   #IMPLIED
           CountryCode NMTOKEN  #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT Name EMPTY >
 <!ATTLIST Name
           id        ID         #IMPLIED
           Prefix    NMTOKEN    #IMPLIED
           First     NMTOKEN    #IMPLIED

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           Middle    NMTOKEN    #IMPLIED
           Last      NMTOKEN    #IMPLIED
           Suffix    NMTOKEN    #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT Street EMPTY >
 <!ATTLIST Street
           id        ID         #IMPLIED
           Line1     CDATA      #REQUIRED
           Line2     CDATA      #IMPLIED
           Line3     CDATA      #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT Company #PCDATA >
 <!ELEMENT City #PCDATA >
 <!ELEMENT StateProv #PCDATA >
 <!ELEMENT Telecom ( #PCDATA | Phone )* >
 <!ELEMENT Phone EMPTY >
 <!ATTLIST Phone
           id         ID        #IMPLIED
           Number     CDATA     #REQUIRED >
 <!ELEMENT Online ( #PCDATA | Email )* >
 <!ELEMENT Email EMPTY >
 <!ATTLIST Email
           id         ID        #IMPLIED
           Address    CDATA     #REQUIRED >
 <!ELEMENT Payment Card>
 <!ELEMENT Card ExpDate >
 <!ATTLIST Card
           id          ID        #IMPLIED
           Name        CDATA     #IMPLIED
           Type        NMTOKEN   #IMPLIED
           Number      NMTOKEN   #REQUIRED
           Protocols   NMTOKENS  #IMPLIED
           Verification NMTOKEN  #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT ExpDate EMPTY >
 <!ATTLIST ExpDate
           id          ID        #IMPLIED
           Day         NMTOKEN   #IMPLIED
           Month       NMTOKEN   #REQUIRED
           Year        NMTOKEN   #REQUIRED >

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 <!ELEMENT User ( #PCDATA | UserID | Password )* >
 <!ATTLIST User
           id          ID        #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT UserID #PCDATA >
 <!ELEMENT Password #PCDATA >
 <!ELEMENT Transaction ( #PCDATA | TransactionID | Inquiry |
                         TransDate | Signature )* >
 <!ATTLIST Transaction
           id          ID        #IMPLIED
           Amount      CDATA     #IMPLIED
           Currency    NMTOKEN   #IMPLIED
           Type        NMTOKEN   #IMPLIED >
 <!ELEMENT TransactionComplete EMPTY>

3. Using The Fields

 To conform to this document, the field names must be structured and
 named as close to the structure and naming listed in Section 2 above
 as permitted by the transaction protocol in use.  Note: this does not
 impose any restriction on the user visible labeling of fields, just
 on their names as used in communication.

3.1 Presentation of the Fields

 There is no necessary implication as to the order or manner of
 presentation.  Some merchants may wish to ask for more information,
 some less by omitting fields.  Some merchants may ask for the
 information they want in one interaction or web page, others may ask
 for parts of the information at different times in multiple
 interactions or different web pages.  For example, it is common to
 ask for "ship to" information earlier, so shipping cost can be
 computed, before the payment method information.  Some merchants may
 require that all the information they request be provided while other
 make much information optional.  Etc.
 There is no way with Version 1.0 or 1.1 of ECML to indicate what
 fields the merchant considers mandatory.  From the point of view of
 customer software, all fields are optional to complete.  However, the
 merchant may give an error or re-present a request for information if
 some field it requires is not completed, just as it may if a field is
 completed in a manner it considers erroneous.
 It is entirely up to the merchant when and which, if any, of the
 merchant to consumer fields it presents.

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3.2 Methods and Flow of Setting the Fields

 There are a variety of methods of communication possible between the
 customer and the merchant by which the merchant can indicate what
 fields they want that the consumer can provide.  Probably the easiest
 to use for currently deployed software is as fields in an [HTML] form
 (see section 2.2).  Other possibilities are to use the IOTP
 Authenticate transaction [RFC 2801], an [XML] exchange, or
 proprietary protocols.
 User action or the appearance of the Ecom_SchemaVersion field are
 examples of triggers that could be used to initiate a facility
 capable of filling in fields.  Because some wallets may require user
 activation, there should be at least one user visible Ecom field on
 every page with any Ecom fields present that are to be filled in.  It
 is also REQUIRED that the Ecom_SchemaVersion field, which is usually
 a hidden field, be included on every web page that has any Ecom
 fields.
 Because web pages can load very slowly, it may not be clear to an
 automated field fill-in function when it is finished filling in
 fields on a web page.  For this reason, it is recommended that the
 Ecom_SchemaVersion field be the last Ecom field on a web page.
 Merchant requests for information can extend over several
 interactions or web pages.  Without further provision, a facility
 could either require re-starting on each page or possibly violate or
 appear to violate privacy by continuing to fill in fields for pages
 beyond with end of the transaction with a particular merchant.  For
 this reason the Ecom_TransactionComplete field, which is normally
 hidden, is provided.  It is recommended that it appear on the last
 interaction or web page involved in a transaction, just before an
 Ecom_SchemaVersion field, so that multi-web-page automated field fill
 in logic could know when to stop if it chooses to check for this
 field.

3.3 HTML Example

 An example HTML form might be as follows:

<HTML> <HEAD> <title> eCom Fields Example </title> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM action="http://ecom.example.com" method="POST"> Please enter card information: <p>Your name on the card

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<INPUT type="text" name="Ecom_Payment_Card_Name" SIZE=40>

<br>The card number

<INPUT type="text" name="Ecom_Payment_Card_Number" SIZE=19>

<br>Expiration date (MM YY)

<INPUT type="text" name="Ecom_Payment_Card_ExpDate_Month" SIZE=2>
<INPUT type="text" name="Ecom_Payment_Card_ExpDate_Year" SIZE=4>
<INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Payment_Card_Protocol">
<INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_SchemaVersion"
       value="http://www.ecml.org/version/1.1">

<br> <INPUT type="submit" value="submit"> <INPUT type="reset"> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML>

 After all of the pages are submitted, the merchant will reply with a
 confirmation page informing both the user and the wallet that the
 transaction is complete.

<HTML> <HEAD> <title> eCom Transaction Complete Example </title> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM> Thank you for your order. It will be shipped in several days. <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Merchant" value="www.merchant.example"> <INPUT type="hidden" name ="Ecom_Processor"

      value="www.processor.example">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_ID" value="EF123456"> <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_Inquiry"

      value="http://www.merchant.example/cgi-bin/inquire?ID=EF123456">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_Amount" value="789.00"> <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_Currency" value="USD"> <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_Date" value="July 14 2000"> <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_Type" value="credit"> <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_Transaction_Signature"

      value="ig6rh4;;20dfna00s34hj10s--s-45j30-22z92l-frwds-85">

<INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_TransactionComplete"> <INPUT type="hidden" name="Ecom_SchemaVersion"

      value="http://www.ecml.org/version/1.1">

</FORM> </BODY> </HTML>

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4. Security and Privacy Considerations

 The information called for by many of these fields is sensitive and
 should be secured if being sent over the public Internet or through
 other channels where it can be observed.  Mechanisms for such
 protection are not specified herein but channel encryption such as
 TLS/SSL [RFC 2246] or IPSec [RFC 2411] would be appropriate in many
 cases.
 User control over release of such information is needed to protect
 the user's privacy.
 A wallet that is installed on a shared or public terminal should be
 configurable such that the ECML memory of address and other contact
 information is fully disabled.  This is vital to protect the privacy
 of library patrons, students, and customers using public terminals,
 and children who might, for example, use a form on a public terminal
 without realizing that their information is being stored.
 When contact information is stored, the operator should have an
 option to protect the information with a password, without which the
 information might be unavailable, even to someone who has access to
 the file(s) in which it is being stored.  This would also allow for a
 convenient method for multiple people to use their own ECML
 information from the same browser.
 Any multi-web-page or other multi-aggregate field fill in or data
 provision mechanism should check for the Ecom_TransactionComplete
 field and cease automated fill when it is encountered until fill is
 further authorized.

References

 [eCheck]   <http://www.echeck.org>
 [HTML]     HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
            <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32.html>, D. Raggett,
            January 1997.
 [IANA]     Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Official Names for
            Character Sets, ed. Keld Simonsen et al.
            <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/character-
            sets>.
 [ISO 3166] Codes for the representation of names of countries,
            <http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma>

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 [ISO 7812] "Identification card - Identification of issuers - Part 1:
            Numbering system".
 [RFC 1766] Alvestrand, H., "Tags for the Identification of
            Languages", BCP 47, RFC 3066, January 2001.
 [RFC 2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
            3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
 [RFC 2246] Dierks, T. and C. Allen, "The TLS Protocol: Version 1.0",
            RFC 2246, January 1999.
 [RFC 2411] Thayer, R., Doraswany, N. and R. Glenn, "IP Security:
            Document Roadmap", RFC 2411, November 1998.
 [RFC 2706] Eastlake, D. and T. Goldstein, "ECML v1: Field Names for
            E-Commerce", RFC 2706, September 1999.
 [RFC 2801] Burdett, D., "Internet Open Trading Protocol - IOTP
            Version 1.0", RFC 2801, April 2000.
 [SET]      Secure Electronic Transaction,
            <http://www.setco.org/set_specifications.html>
 [XML]      Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition),
            <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml>, T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M.
            Sperberg-McQueen, E. Maler.

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Appendix: Changes from ECML 1.0

 ECML 1.0 is documented in [RFC 2706].
 (1) Fields added for consumer to merchant transmission as listed
 below.  * indicated multiple values.  Adding fields is a backward
 compatible change.
       Ecom_*_Postal_Company
       Ecom_User_ID
       Ecom_User_Password
       Ecom_WalletID
 (2) Change Ecom_SchemaVersion field value to
 "http://www.ecml.org/version/1.1".
 (3) Addition of XML DTD.
 (4) Add "iotp", "echeck", "simcard", and "phoneid" as allowed tokens
 in Ecom_Payment_Card_Protocol.
 (5) Specify that a leading zero is permitted in day and month number
 fields.
 (6) Change "Security Considerations" section to "Security and Privacy
 Considerations" and add material.
 (7) Add internationalization material to HTML and XML subsections of
 Section 2.
 (8) Enumerate HTML form elements that must be supported (Section 2.2)
 including SELECT.
 (9) Add more credit card brand codes.
 (10) Add fields for merchant to consumer transmissions as follows:
       Ecom_Merchant
       Ecom_Processor
       Ecom_Transaction_*

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Authors' Addresses

 Donald E. Eastlake, 3rd
 Motorola, M2-450
 20 Cabot Boulevard
 Mansfield, MA 02048
 Phone:  +1-508-261-5434
 Fax:    +1-508-261-4447
 EMail:  Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com
 Ted Goldstein
 Brodia
 221 Main Street, Suite 1530
 San Francisco,  CA 94105 USA
 Phone:  +1 415-495-3100 x222
 Fax:    +1 415-495-3177
 EMail:  tgoldstein@brodia.com

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