I-D ACTION:draft-rosen-dns-sos-00.txt

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	Title		: Emergency Call Information in the Domain Name System
	Author(s)	: B. Rosen
	Filename	: draft-rosen-dns-sos-00.txt
	Pages		: 20
	Date		: 2004-2-10
	
Location of a caller is essential to processing an emergency call.
Location is needed to correctly route the call, and to correctly
dispatch help to the right place.  Location can be specified in
geographic (lat/lon/altitude) or civil (country/provin ce/city/
street/floor/room) forms.  Determining which Emergency Response
Center (ERC) should receive the call requires comparing the callers
location to a service area boundary description, which may require
location in geo form.  Dispatching a call generally requires a civil
location.  There is a need for a way to translate a civil to a geo or
vice versa to the resolution of a room.  There is also a need to
publish the service area boundary of the ERC and the emergency
responders.  Further, there is a need for a database of legal civil
addresses (sometimes called a Master Street Address Guide) that civil
locations may be verified against to assure correctness, and
uniformity of naming so that dispatch is accurate.  The memo proposes a new DDDS application and a new POLY RR to assist emergency calls.

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