[urn] Re: URN namespace registration request - Wi-Fi Alliance

[Peng Yan <[e-mail]>]

IETF experts,

I am submitting Version 2 of the namespace "wfa" registration request, providing updated details about the NSS structure as requested.

Thanks,
Peng
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Namespace Registration for Wi-Fi Alliance

Namespace Identifier:

  wfa

Version:

  2

Date:

  2026-07-31

Registrant:

  Name:

    Wi-Fi Alliance

  Address:

    10900-A Stonelake Boulevard, Suite 195, Austin, Texas 78759 U.S.A.
    Phone: [phone] (498-WIFI)
    Fax: [phone]

  Designated contact:

    Role: Technical Officer
    Email: [e-mail]

  Organization Type:

    Standards Development Organization (non-profit corp)
    (requesting fast-track registration procedure)

Purpose:

  Wi-Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association that owns the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED trademarks and oversees the certification of Wi-Fi products. Wi-Fi Alliance work includes development of Wi-Fi technologies, requirements, and certifications that promote a robust global Wi-Fi ecosystem in which interoperability of devices is ensured with certification and data modelling using YANG and TR-181.

  The specifications for some Wi-Fi Alliance certifications require identifiers in a managed namespace so that they are unique and persistent.  To ensure that the uniqueness is absolute, the registration of a specific Uniform Resource Name (URN) [RFC8141] Namespace Identifier (NID) of "wfa" for use by Wi-Fi Alliance is being specified in this submission, in full conformance with the NID registration process specified in §6.4 of [RFC8141].

Syntax:

  URNs assigned by Wi-Fi Alliance will have the following structure based on the organizational structure of the resources specified in the Wi-Fi Alliance specifications:

         urn:wfa:{NSS}

where the syntax of "NSS" follows Section 2 of the URN Syntax requirements [RFC8141]. Wi-Fi Alliance further details:

        urn:wfa:<resource-type>:<resource-path>

where:
        <resource-type> uniquely identifies the type of resource being named and shall be defined by Wi-Fi Alliance.
        <resource-path> uniquely identifies the resource within the specified resource type. It may consist of one or more hierarchical components. The structure of the components within <resource-path> shall be defined by Wi-Fi Alliance for each applicable <resource-type>.

  Examples:
        urn:wfa:mo:hotspot2dot0-perprovidersubscription:1.0
        urn:wfa:mo-ext:hotspot2dot0-devdetail-ext:1.0
        urn:wfa:yang:wfa-dataelements
        urn:wfa:yang:wfa-dataelements:rpc
        urn:wfa:yang:wfa-dataelements:templates

Assignment:

  The individual URNs of the wfa namespace shall be solely managed by Wi-Fi Alliance.  The latest information about Wi-Fi Alliance defined standards and specifications, can be found at https://www.wi-fi.org/specifications

Security and Privacy:

  No potential issues related to security and privacy.

Interoperability:

  There are no known interoperability issues for the requested urn namespace.

Resolution:

  The namespace is not listed with a resolution discovery system; this is not applicable for this URN registration.




-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2026 4:40 AM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Peng Yan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: AW: [urn] Re: URN namespace registration request - Wi-Fi Alliance

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This namespace has been added to registry:

https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-formal/wfa

https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces/

Peng, please let us know when you are ready to submit version 2 of the registration, reflecting more detailed information about the syntax of the NSS once that has been decided on as a result of Wi-Fi Alliance's standardization process.

Peter

On 5/20/26 2:37 AM, Lars G. Svensson wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:[e-mail]] wrote:
>
>> On 5/13/26 7:26 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
>>> Peng Yan <pyan=[e-mail]> writes:
>>>> Namespace Registration for Wi-Fi Alliance
>>>>
>>>> Namespace Identifier:
>>>>
>>>>     wfa
>>>>
>>>> Version:
>>>>
>>>>     1
>>>>
>>>> Date:
>>>>
>>>>     2026-05-11
>>>
>>> This revision has answered all of the issues raised previously.
>>> Given that the Wi-Fi Alliance is an SDO, I think we should approve
>>> this namespace without further fussing.
>>
>> With the understanding that version 1 is a kind of placeholder, yes.
>> Apparently, once the Wi-Fi Alliance figures out the syntax and
>> semantics in more detail they will submit version 2 of the
>> registration. But that won't stop me from being in favor of moving forward with version 1.
>
> Yes, if we consider this a placeholder, this registration is fine with me, too.
>
> Best,
>
> Lars
>