RFC 3368 (rfc3368) - Page 2 of 8

The 'go' URI Scheme for the Common Name Resolution Protocol

RFC 3368                CNRP URI Specification               August 2002


Table of Contents

   1.    Goals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.    Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   3.    Syntax Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.1   General Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.2   ABNF Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.3   Special Cases and Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.3.1 If There is Only a Server  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.3.2 If Server is Empty Then server=localhost . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.3.3 Default Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.4   Encoding Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   4.    Transport Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   5.    Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   6.    Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   7.    IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
         References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   A.    Registration Template  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
         Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
         Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8

1. Goals

   The two goals of the CNRP [3] URI [1] are to identify both a specific
   common-name record at a specific server and to identify a possibly
   dynamic query or entry point into the query process.  Since CNRP
   requires that the ID be a core query term, these two cases can be
   generalized down to simply specifying a query that contains only the
   ID of the item.

   On first glance it would seem a simple enough exercise to
   canonicalize the XML encoded query and then insert it into the query
   portion of the URL.  The problem here is that, due to the encoding
   rules, any remotely complex query will quickly blow out the URI
   length limitations.  The suggested solution is to provide a
   simplified query syntax that is a subset of what is available via the
   XML.

2. Terminology

   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 RFC 2119 [4].








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