[gin-auth] VO naming again...

[Von Welch]

Works for me.

Von


On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Olle Mulmo wrote:

>
> FYI,
>
> This was discussed (again) at two consecutive EGEE meetings at CERN  
> last week, ending in the draft text proposed below.
>
> /Olle
>
>
> VO Naming
> ---------
> The VO name is a string, used to represent the VO in all interactions
> with grid software, such as in expressions of policy and access  
> rights.
>
> The VO name MUST be formatted as a subdomain name as specified in
> RFC 1034 section 3.5. The VO Manager of a VO using a thus-formatted  
> name
> MUST be entitled to the use of this name, when interpreted as a  
> name in the Internet Domain Name System.
> This entitlement MUST stem either from a direct delegation of the  
> corresponding name in the Domain Name System by an accredited  
> registrar for
> the next-higher level subdomain, or from a direct delegation of the
> equivalent name in the Domain Name System by ICANN, or from the  
> consent
> of the administrative or operational contact of the next-higher  
> equivalent
> subdomain name for that VO name that itself is registered with such an
> accredited registrar.
>
> Considering that RFC1034 section 3.5 states that both upper case  
> and lower
> case letters are allowed, but no significance is to be attached to  
> the case,
> but that today the software handling VO names may still be case  
> sensisitive,
> all VO names MUST be entirely in lower case.
>