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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) C. Holmberg Request for Comments: 7163 I. Sedlacek Updates: 5031 Ericsson Category: Standards Track March 2014 ISSN: 2070-1721

            URN for Country-Specific Emergency Services

Abstract

 This document updates the registration guidance provided in Section
 4.2 of RFC 5031, which allows the registration of service URNs with
 the 'sos' service type only for emergency services "that are offered
 widely and in different countries".  This document updates those
 instructions to allow such registrations when, at the time of
 registration, those services are offered in only one country.

Status of This Memo

 This is an Internet Standards Track document.
 This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
 (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
 received public review and has been approved for publication by the
 Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
 Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
 Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7163.

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Table of Contents

 1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 2.  Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
 3.  Update to RFC 5031  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.1.  General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.2.  New Text Replacing the Text of the 2nd Paragraph of
         Section 4.2 of RFC 5031 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
 4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
 5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
 6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.2.  Informative Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

1. Introduction

 The advice to experts for registering sub-services of the service URN
 with the 'sos' service type is provided in Section 4.2 of RFC 5031
 [RFC5031] as follows:
    The 'sos' service type describes emergency services requiring an
    immediate response, typically offered by various branches of the
    government or other public institutions.  Additional sub-services
    can be added after expert review and must be of general public
    interest and have a similar emergency nature.  The expert is
    designated by the ECRIT working group, its successor, or, in their
    absence, the IESG.  The expert review should only approve
    emergency services that are offered widely and in different
    countries, with approximately the same caller expectation in terms
    of services rendered.  The 'sos' service is not meant to invoke
    general government, public information, counseling, or social
    services.
 Some existing emergency services are, at least initially, offered in
 only one country.  Examples are the "Reporting spies" emergency
 service offered in South Korea and the "GAULA (anti-kidnapping)"
 emergency service offered in Colombia according to [WIKIPEDIA].
 Future emergency service might also initially be introduced in only
 one country.
 The advice to experts of sub-services of the service URN with the
 'sos' service type provided in RFC 5031 [RFC5031] prevents the
 registration of a sub-service of the service URN with the 'sos'
 service type for a service that, at the time of registration, is
 offered in one country only.

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 This document updates the 2nd paragraph of Section 4.2 of RFC 5031
 [RFC5031], in order to allow the registration of service URNs with
 the 'sos' service type for emergency services that, at the time of
 registration, are offered in one country only.

2. Conventions

 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119
 [RFC2119].

3. Update to RFC 5031

3.1. General

 Section 3.2 of this document replaces the text of the 2nd paragraph
 of Section 4.2 (Sub-Services for the 'sos' Service) of RFC 5031
 [RFC5031].

3.2. New Text Replacing the Text of the 2nd Paragraph of Section 4.2 of

    RFC 5031
 The 'sos' service type describes emergency services requiring an
 immediate response, typically offered by various branches of the
 government or other public institutions.  Additional sub-services can
 be added after expert review.  The expert is designated by the ECRIT
 working group, its successor, or, in their absence, the IESG.  The
 designated expert should only approve services that are to be used
 for emergency purposes, that are offered in at least one country,
 that do not match the description of any existing service URN with
 the 'sos' service type, and where the service description and the URN
 are defined as broadly as possible to encourage reuse.  The 'sos'
 service is not meant to invoke general government, public
 information, counseling, or social services.

4. IANA Considerations

 This document updates the advice to the expert of the "'sos' Sub-
 Services" registry.  IANA has updated the reference for that registry
 <http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-serviceid-labels> to point to
 this document (instead of RFC 5031 [RFC5031]).

5. Security Considerations

 This document does not update the Security Considerations of RFC
 5031.

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6. References

6.1. Normative References

 [RFC2119]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
             Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
 [RFC5031]   Schulzrinne, H., "A Uniform Resource Name (URN) for
             Emergency and Other Well-Known Services", RFC 5031,
             January 2008.

6.2. Informative Reference

 [WIKIPEDIA] Wikipedia, "Emergency telephone number", March 2014,
             <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=
             Emergency_telephone_number&oldid=599435311>.

Authors' Addresses

 Christer Holmberg
 Ericsson
 Hirsalantie 11
 Jorvas  02420
 Finland
 EMail: christer.holmberg@ericsson.com
 Ivo Sedlacek
 Ericsson
 Sokolovska 79
 Praha  18600
 Czech Republic
 EMail: ivo.sedlacek@ericsson.com

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