Internet DRAFT - draft-temporal-uri-scheme
draft-temporal-uri-scheme
Network Working Group J. Fuller
Internet-Draft 26 December 2022
Intended status: Informational
Expires: 29 June 2023
Temporal URI scheme
draft-temporal-uri-scheme-00
Abstract
This document registers the "dt" URI scheme, to unambiguously
identify a discrete point in time.
Note to Readers
_RFC EDITOR: please remove this section before publication_
The issues list for this draft can be found at
https://github.com/xquery/temporal-uri-scheme
(https://github.com/xquery/temporal-uri-scheme).
* Editor's Copy (https://xquery.github.io/temporal-uri-
scheme/#go.draft-todo-temporal-uri-scheme.html)
* Datatracker Page (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-todo-
temporal-uri-scheme)
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. The "temporal" URI Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
This document defines the URI scheme "dt", which describes resources
identified by date-time.
1.1. Notational Conventions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
This document uses ABNF [RFC5234]. It also uses the date-time rule
from [RFC3339].
2. The "temporal" URI Scheme
The "temporal" URI scheme allows for the construction of a URI which
represents a discrete point in time.
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temporal-URI = temporal-scheme ":" dt
temporal-scheme = "dt"
dt = date-time
See [RFC3339], Section 5.6.3 for a definition of date-time.
For example, given the URI:
dt:20221222T162813Z
Would represent a discrete point in time of "2022-12-22T16:28:13Z".
The following examples would also be valid URIs:
dt:2022-12-22T16:28:13Z
dt:1985-04-12T23:20:50.52Z
This RFC intentionally provides no definition of how URI's might be
parsed or compared by applications using them. For example, it is
possible to define two URI's which refer to the exact same point in
time and it is left to consuming application (or some future
specification) to define what that might 'mean'.
3. IANA Considerations
This document registers the following value in the "Uniform Resource
Identifier (URI) Schemes" registry:
Scheme name:
dt
Status:
provisional
Applications/protocols that use this scheme:
none yet
Contact:
iesg@iesg.org
Change Controller:
IESG
References:
(this document)
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4. Security Considerations
TBA
5. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3339>.
[RFC5234] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5234>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.
Acknowledgements
The definition of date-time is from [RFC3339].
Author's Address
James Fuller
Prague
Czech Republic
Email: jim@webcomposite.com
URI: https://jim.fuller.name/
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