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INTERNET DRAFT Jon W. Parsons (SeraNova)
David Shepherd (IBM)
Donald E. Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)
Expires December 2001 June 2001
Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML):
Version 2 Requirements
<draft-ietf-trade-ecml2-req-03.txt>
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Abstract
This document lists the design principles, scope, and requirements
for the Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML) version 2
specification. It includes requirements as they relate to XML syntax,
data model, format, and payment processing.
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Table of Contents
Status of this Memo........................................1
Copyright Notice...........................................1
Abstract...................................................1
Table of Contents..........................................2
1. Introduction............................................3
1.1 Relationship to Other Standards........................3
2. Design Principles and Scope.............................3
3. Requirements............................................4
3.1 Payment Processing Elements............................4
3.2 Payment Processing Types...............................5
3.3 XML Data Model and Syntax..............................5
3.4 Implementation.........................................5
3.5 Detailed Requests......................................5
4. Security Considerations.................................6
References.................................................7
Authors Addresses..........................................9
Full Copyright Statement..................................10
File name and Expiration..................................10
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1. Introduction
ECML Version 2.0 will describe the syntax of a class of data objects
called Payment Processing Objects. This will involve the development
of a hierarchically organized set of data elements and an XML syntax
for payment transaction information for both electronic wallets and
Business to Business (B2B) payment types such as credit card,
electronic check, line of credit, ACH (Automated Clearing House,)
Mobile Phone Payments, and PDA Payments.
This document lists the design principles, scope, and requirements
over three things: (1) the scope of work available to the WG, (2) the
ECML version 2 specification, and (3) applications that implement the
specification. It includes requirements as they relate to the payment
element syntax, data model, format, implementation, and external
requirements. Those things that are required are designated as
"must", those things that are optional are designated by "may", those
things that are optional but recommended are designated as "should".
1.1 Relationship to Other Standards
The set of fields documented herein was started by the ECML Alliance
[ECML] which developed the North American / HTML form field oriented
Versions 1 and 1.1 of ECML [RFC 2706, 3106]. Control and development
of future versions of the standard has been transferred to the IETF.
The ECML Version 1 fields were initially derived from and are
consistent with the W3C P3P base data schema [P3P BASE]. Version 2
extends the fields provided to encompass [P3P ECOM] and selected
additional fields from [ISO 8583], [JCM], or other sources.
ECML Version 2.0 is not a replacement or alternative to TLS [RFC
2246], SET [SET], EMV [EMV], XML [XML], or IOTP [RFC 2801]. These are
important standards that provide functionality such as
confidentiality, non-repudiatable transactions, automatable payment
scheme selection, and smart card support.
2. Design Principles and Scope
1. The specification must describe the fields necessary to process a
payment between a consumer and merchant or between two businesses,
describing the XML syntax and content in particular.
2. Keep the addition of fields beyond those in ECML v1.1 [RFC 3106]
to a minimum.
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3. Maintain all existing functionality from ECML v1.1. In essence,
ECML v2 should be a superset of ECML v1.1.
4. Increase the flexibility of the standard to include other forms of
payments. These include ACH, Mobile Phone, PDA, Purchasing Card
and electronic check. See [P3P ECOM, JCM], etc.
5. Allow for use of a common and uniform DTD with back-end payment
systems such as Enterprise Resource Provision (ERP), Card Line
Item Detail (LID) Level II & Level III, etc.
6. Allow for use of the standard with Business to Business (B2B)
payment vehicles, such as B2B Wallets, Marketplaces, etc.
7. Create a usage/implementation guide section of the specification
to cover additional use cases for functionality included.
8. ECML version 2 may include the concept of an offer.
9. ECML version 2 should be developed as part of the broader Web
design philosophy of decentralization, URIs, Web data, modularity
/layering / extensibility, and assertions as statements about
statements. [Berners-Lee, WebData, XML, XML Name] In this context,
this standard should take advantage of existing provider (and
infrastructure) primitives.
3. Requirements
ECML v2 must cover the data types and other requirements enumerated
in this section. It should provide for asserting and querying
relavent element values.
3.1 Payment Processing Elements
1. Cost
2. Receipt
3. Currency
4. Card
5. Payment
6. Bank/Telco
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3.2 Payment Processing Types
1. All current Processing types for ECML 1.1 [RFC 3106].
2. Automated Clearing hosue [ACH]
3. Electronic check [eCheck]
4. Mobile phone payments
5. PDA payments
3.3 XML Data Model and Syntax
1. A well-formed DTD and possibly schema need to be developed to
include new fields in this standard.
2. A W3C Note may be drafted to document changes from [W3C ECOM].
3.4 Implementation
1. The ECML version 2 specification should meet the requirements
of the following applications:
a. Internet Open Trading Protocol v1.0 [IOTP]
b. Check against representative ACH, electronic check, and Mobile
Phone payment setup.
2. Test all XML DTDs, schemas and XML examples inculded the
specification to insure that they are well-formed XML.
3. Compare completeness against (in accordance with standard's
goals:)
1. ECML v1.1 [RFC 3106]
2. Using P3P for E-Commerce [P3P NOTE]
3. Financial transaction card originated messages [ISO 8583]
4. Java Commerce Messages [JCM]
5. cXML
6. ebXML
7. BizTalk
3.5 Detailed Requests
The following are specific comments received on claimed deficiencies
in ECML v1.1 and should all be considered for possible inclusion in
ECML v2.
1. Increase Last Name field minimum required support to at least
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22 characters.
2. Improved Internationalization support.
3. Longer minimum supported telephone number and email fields.
4. Provide a "translation field" which would specify a mapping
between existing fields and ECML specified fields. The
addition of such a field in ECML v2 (which would normally be
hidden when presented in HTML) would permit ECML support with
no change to existing fields or code. ECML code could fill in
existing fields based on the ECML field they map to.
4. Security Considerations
Some ECML fields contain sensitive private information. ECML is
dependent upon the security of the infrastructure of transmission
providers that use the standard format. ECML does not add any
security to this infrastructure. See the ECML v2 specification for
more detailed privacy and security considerations.
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References
[ACH] - Automated Clearning House <http://www.nacha.org>
[Berners-Lee] - "Axioms of Web Architecture: URIs",
<http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Axioms.html>, "Web Architecture from
50,000 feet", <http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Architecture.html>
[eCheck] - Electronic Check <http://www.echeck.org>
[ECML] - Electronic Commerce Modeling Language, The ECML Alliance,
<http://www.ecml.org>.
[HTML] - "HTML 3.2 Reference Specification", Hyper Text Markup
Language, <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32.html>, D. Raggett, January
1997.
[ISO 8583] - "Financial transaction card originated messages --
Interchange message specifications", International Standards
Organization, 1993.
[JCM] - "Java Commerce Messages", Sun Microsystems, IBM, April 1998.
[EMV] - The EuroCard, MasterCard, Visa chip card protocol standard.
<http://www.emvco.org/specifications.cfm>
[RFC 2026] - "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", S.
Bradner, October 1996.
[RFC 2246] - "The TLS Protocol: Version 1.0", T. Dierks, C. Allen.
January 1999.
[RFC 2706] - "ECML v1: Field Names for E-Commerce", D. Eastlake, T.
Goldstein, October 1999.
[RFC 2801] - "Internet Open Trading Protocol - IOTP Version 1.0", D.
Burdett, April 2000.
[RFC 3106] - "ECML v1.1: Field Names for E-Commerce", D. Eastlake, T.
Goldstein, April 2001.
[P3P BASE] - "The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0)
Specification", L. Cranor, M. Langheinrich, M. Marchiori, M.
Presler-Marshall, J. Reagle, December 2000,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-P3P/basedata.html>.
[P3P ECOM] - "Using P3P for E-Commerce", J. Coco, S. Klien, D.
Schutzer, S. Yen, A. Slater, November 1999,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P-for-ecommerce>.
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[SET] - "Secure Electronic Transaction",
<http://www.setco.org/set_specifications.html>.
[WebData] - "Web Architecture: Describing and Exchanging Data",
<http://www.w3.org/1999/04/WebData>
[XML] - "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)",
<http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml>, T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M.
Sperberg-McQueen.
[XML Name] - "Namespaces in XML", Tim Bray, Dave Hollander, Andrew
Layman, 14 January 1999.
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Authors Addresses
Jon W. Parsons
SeraNova
10210 N. 25th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone: +1-602-674-1853
EMail: jon.parsons@seranova.com
David Shepherd
IBM
Secure Payments Systems
P. O. Box 12195
3039 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2195 USA
Phone: +1-919-254-5194
Email: dshepher@us.ibm.com
Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
Motorola
155 Beaver Street
Milford, MA 01757 USA
Phone: +1-508-261-5434 (w)
+1-508-634-2066 (h)
Email: Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com
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