[RAI] Global Service Provider ID - draft-pfautz-service-provider-identifier-urn-01

["PFAUTZ, PENN L" <[e-mail]>]

Following up on the discussion in dispatch at IETF 81 (www.ietf.org/proceedings/81/minutes/dispatch.txt<http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/81/minutes/dispatch.txt>) I'd like to get some discussion of   draft-pfautz-service-provider-identifier-urn-01 going.
The draft proposed IANA registration of a service provider ID (SPID) which would have the following characteristics:
-      Numeric ID, at least 8 digits long
-      Fixed length
-      Available to any type of entity
-      Entities able to obtain multiple identifiers.
-       Some range of identifiers reserved for internal usage
-      Open registration by IANA

The minutes concluded:

-      WG is in support of creating a URN for this.
-      Document(s) likely to be AD sponsored.
-      Discussion should move to RAI area list (as opposed to DRINKS or DISPATCH).

The outstanding issues seemed to be
1. Is a new resource assignment necessary for the URN or could an existing one, Private Enterprise Numbers or ITADs be used with a URN defined to provide a fixed length parameter as requested in the I-D?

2. Assuming a fixed length parameter will be used, what's the right length?

The I-D proposed a new resource, partly because the existing ones were intended for other purposes and already had many registrations. I'd also note that PENs suggest a sub-delegation approach to assigning multiple SPIDs to an entity (an entity gets one PEN assignment and can assign values hierarchically below that (e.g. AT&T has PEN 74, and would assign 74.1, 74.2, etc). Because at least some of the service providers wanted to use SPID to prefix E.164 numbers and others want to incorporate SPID in a domain name, this would present issues.


Penn Pfautz
AT&T Access Management
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