RFC 3764 (rfc3764) - Page 2 of 8
enumservice registration for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Addresses-of-Record
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RFC 3764 SIP enumservice April 2004
1. Introduction
ENUM (E.164 Number Mapping, RFC 2916 [6]) is a system that uses DNS
(Domain Name Service, STD 13, RFC 1034 [3]) to translate telephone
numbers, like '+12025332600', into URIs (Uniform Resource
Identifiers, RFC 2396 [4]), like 'sip:'. ENUM exists
primarily to facilitate the interconnection of systems that rely on
telephone numbers with those that use URIs to route transactions.
This document applies to the revised version of ENUM described in RFC
3761.
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol, RFC 3261 [2]) is a text-based
application protocol that allows endpoints on the Internet to
discover one another in order to exchange context information about a
session they would like to share. Common forms of communication that
are set up by SIP include Internet telephony, instant messaging,
video, Internet gaming and other forms of real-time communications.
SIP is a multi-service protocol capable of initiating sessions
involving different forms of real-time communications simultaneously.
SIP is a protocol that finds the best way for parties to communicate.
2. ENUM Service Registration
As defined in [1], the following is a template covering information
needed for the registration of the enumservice specified in this
document.
Enumservice Name: "E2U+SIP"
Type(s): "SIP"
Subtype(s): N/A
URI Scheme(s): "sip:", "sips:"
Functional Specification: see Section 4
Security considerations: see Section 6
Intended usage: COMMON
Author: Jon Peterson ()
Any other information that the author deems interesting: See
Section 3
Peterson Standards Track