WG Review: Geographic Location/Privacy (geopriv)
Steve Coya <scoya@cnri.reston.va.us> Fri, 18 May 2001 20:04 UTC
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Subject: WG Review: Geographic Location/Privacy (geopriv)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 15:47:53 -0400
From: Steve Coya <scoya@cnri.reston.va.us>
A new IETF working group has been proposed in the XXXX Area. The IESG has not made any determination as yet. The following Description was submitted, and is provided for informational purposes only. Geographic Location/Privacy (geopriv) ------------------------------------- Current Status: Proposed Working Group Description of Working Group: As more and more resources become available on the Internet, some applications need to acquire geographic location information about certain resources or entities. These applications include navigation, emergency services, management of equipment in the field, and other location-based services. But while the formatting and transfer of such information is in some sense a straightforward process, the implications of doing it, especially in regards to privacy and security, are anything but. The primary task of this working group will be to assess the the authorization, integrity and privacy requirements that must be met in order to transfer such information, or authorize the release or representation of such information through an agent. The term security in the rest of this charter refers to authorization and integrity, though the requirements analysis may add other aspects. In addition, the working group will define the actual format used to represent the geographic location of an identifiable entity, and protocol approaches to ensure that the security and privacy methods are available in diverse applications using the information. The combination of these two elements should provide a service capable of transferring geographic location information in a private and secure fashion. For interoperability reasons, a single absolute/default format will be specified that must be supported by all location-aware entities. This format will have (at least) a location specified in earth-based coordinates (Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude) and a Timestamp when these values were last known, as well as mandatory-to-implement privacy and security-related information. Two further deliverables of the WG will be: An example API for application-level access to/management of link-based location information. That is, for instance, the WG may describe an API for secure, privacy-enabling user/ application handling of location information specific to a 3G wireless link technology. Development of i-ds that make security and privacy integral to location information in HTTP and HTML, based on the work in draft-daviel-html-geo-tag-05.txt and draft-daviel-http-geo-header-03.txt. Out of Scope: This WG won't develop location-determining technology. It will work from existing technologies and where the technology is undeveloped, will state that applicability is not possible. This WG won't develop technology to support any particular regulatory requirement [e.g. E.911] but will provide a framework that might be used for private/secure definition of such technologies by other bodies. Coordination: The WG will coordinate with other WGs developing general privacy functions, e.g. the SIP WG, so that the WG deliverables can be used by them. Other coordination should include the NymIP research community and possibly others.