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Geopriv Requirements

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Network Working Group                                         J. Cuellar
Request for Comments: 3693                                    Siemens AG
Category: Informational                                        J. Morris
                                       Center for Democracy & Technology
                                                             D. Mulligan
                        Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
                                                             J. Peterson
                                                                 NeuStar
                                                                 J. Polk
                                                                   Cisco
                                                           February 2004


                          Geopriv Requirements

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   Location-based services, navigation applications, emergency services,
   management of equipment in the field, and other location-dependent
   services need geographic location information about a Target (such as
   a user, resource or other entity).  There is a need to securely
   gather and transfer location information for location services, while
   at the same time protect the privacy of the individuals involved.

   This document focuses on the authorization, security and privacy
   requirements for such location-dependent services.  Specifically, it
   describes the requirements for the Geopriv Location Object (LO) and
   for the protocols that use this Location Object.  This LO is
   envisioned to be the primary data structure used in all Geopriv
   protocol exchanges to securely transfer location data.











Cuellar, et al.              Informational
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