[gin-auth] VO naming again...

[Olle Mulmo]

FYI,

This was discussed (again) at two consecutive EGEE meetings at CERN  
last week, ending in the draft text proposed below.

/Olle


VO Naming
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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.