| Internet Engineering Task Force | F. Dold |
| Internet-Draft | Taler Systems SA |
| Intended status: Informational | C. Grothoff |
| Expires: September 4, 2019 | BFH |
| March 03, 2019 |
The 'payto' URI scheme for payments
draft-dold-payto-04
This document defines the 'payto' Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for designating targets for payments.
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This document defines the 'payto' Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) [RFC3986] scheme for designating targets for payments. In its simplest form, a 'payto' URL identifies a payment target type and optionally a target identifier. Additional parameters, such as an amount or a payment reference, can be provided.
The interpretation of the target identifier is defined by the payment target type, and typically represents either a bank account or an (unsettled) transaction.
A unified URI scheme for all payment target types allows applications to offer user interactions with URIs that represent payment targets, without delay and churn when new payment systems are introduced.
This document uses the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) of [RFC5234].
payto-URI = "payto" "://" authority path-abempty [ "?" opts ]
opts = opt *( "&" opt )
opt = (generic-opt / authority-specific-opt) "=" *( pchar )
generic-opt = "amount" / "creditor-name" / "debitor-name" /
"message" / "instruction"
authority = ALPHA *( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." )
path-abempty = <path-abempty, see [RFC3986], Section 3.3>
pchar = <pchar, see [RFC3986], Appendix A.>
The authority component of a payment URI identifies the payment target type. The payment target types are defined in the Payto Payment Target Type Registry, see Section 8.2. The path component of the URI identifies the target for a payment as interpreted by the respective payment target type. The query component of the URI can provide additional parameters for a payment. Every payment method SHOULD accept the options defined in generic-opt. The default operation of applications that invoke a URI with the payto scheme SHOULD be to launch an application (if available) associated with the payment target type that can initiate a payment. If multiple handlers are registered for the same payment target type, the user SHOULD be able to choose which application to launch. This allows users with multiple bank accounts (each accessed the respective bank's banking application) to choose which account to pay with. Details of the payment MUST be taken from the path and options given in the URI. The user SHOULD be allowed to modify these details before confirming a payment.
payto://sepa/CH9300762011623852957?amount=EUR:200.0&message=hello INVALID (authority missing): payto:sepa/12345
Applications MUST accept URIs with options in any order. The "amount" option MUST only occur at most once. Other options MAY be allowed multiple times, with further restrictions depending on the payment method. The following options SHOULD be understood by every payment method.
amount = [ currency ":" ] unit [ "." fraction ] currency = 1*ALPHA unit = 1*(DIGIT / ",") fraction = 1*(DIGIT / ",")
amount: The amount to transfer, including currency information if applicable. The format MUST be:
creditor-name: Name of the entity that is credited (receives the payment).
debitor-name: Name of the entity that is debited (makes the payment).
message: A short message to identify the purpose of the payment, which MAY be subject to lossy conversions (for example, due to character set encoding limitations).
instruction: A short message giving instructions to the recipient, which MUST NOT be subject to lossy conversions. Character set limitations allowed for such instructions depend on the payment method.
Various payment systems use restricted character sets. An application that processes 'payto' URIs MUST convert characters that are not allowed by the respective payment systems into allowable character using either an encoding or a replacement table. This conversion process MAY be lossy, except for the instruction field.
To avoid special encoding rules for the payment target identifier, the userinfo component [RFC3986] is disallowed in payto URIs. Instead, the payment target identifier is given as an option, where encoding rules are uniform for all options.
Interactive applications handling the payto URI scheme MUST NOT initiate any financial transactions without prior review and confirmation from the user, and MUST take measures to prevent clickjacking [HMW12].
Unless a payto URI is received over a trusted, authenticated channel, a user might not be able to identify the target of a payment. In particular due to homographs [unicode-tr36], a payment target type SHOULD NOT use human-readable names in combination with unicode in the target account specification, as it could give the user the illusion of being able to identify the target account from the URL.
To avoid unnecessary data collection, payment target types SHOULD NOT include personally identifying information about the sender of a payment that is not essential for an application to conduct a payment.
The "payto" URI scheme is to be registered in the "Permanent URI Schemes" registry.
This document defines a registry for payment methods. The name of the registry is "Payment Target Type Registry".
The registry shall record for each entry: [RFC5226].
The registration policy for this registry is "First Come First Served", as described in
| [ISO20022] | International Organization for Standardization, "ISO 20022 Financial Services - Universal financial industry message scheme", May 2013. |
| [NACHA] | NACHA, "NACHA Operating Rules & Guidelines", January 2017. |
| [RFC3986] | Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005. |
| [RFC5226] | Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", RFC 5226, DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008. |
| [RFC5234] | Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008. |
| [unicode-tr36] | Davis, M. and M. Suignard, "Unicode Technical Report #36: Unicode Security Considerations", September 2014. |
| [BIP0021] | Schneider, N. and M. Corallo, "Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 21", January 2012. |
| [HMW12] | Huang, L., Moshchuk, A., Wang, H., Schecter, S. and C. Jackson, "Clickjacking: Attacks and Defenses", January 2012. |
| [ILP-ADDR] | Interledger Team, "ILP Addresses - v2.0.0", September 2018. |
| [UPILinking] | National Payment Corporation of India, "Unified Payment Interface - Common URL Specifications For Deep Linking And Proximity Integration", May 2016. |