Network Working Group E. Hammer-Lahav, Ed. Internet-Draft Yahoo! Intended status: Experimental B. Fitzpartick Expires: April 23, 2010 Google B. Cook BT October 20, 2009 The WebFinger Protocol draft-hammer-webfinger-00 Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on April 23, 2010. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Hammer-Lahav, et al. Expires April 23, 2010 [Page 1] Internet-Draft The WebFinger Protocol October 2009 Abstract This memo specifies the WebFinger, a protocol for obtaining account metadata, as well as the 'acct' URI scheme. 'acct' URIs are used to identify user accounts at a given host which are typically used for the purpose of resource management and establishing identity. User accounts include a local identifier (username, screenname, or handle), and a host which can resolve and usually authenticate the local identifier. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Appendix A. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Appendix B. Document History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hammer-Lahav, et al. Expires April 23, 2010 [Page 2] Internet-Draft The WebFinger Protocol October 2009 1. Introduction [[ TBD ]] 2. Notational Conventions The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. This document uses the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) notation of [RFC5234]. Additionally, the following rules are included from [RFC3986]: reserved and unreserved. 3. Security Considerations [[ TBD ]] 4. IANA Considerations This memo includes no request to IANA. Appendix A. Acknowledgments [[ TBD ]] Appendix B. Document History [[ to be removed by the RFC editor before publication as an RFC ]] -00 o Initial (empty) draft. 5. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, January 2005. Hammer-Lahav, et al. Expires April 23, 2010 [Page 3] Internet-Draft The WebFinger Protocol October 2009 [RFC5234] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008. Authors' Addresses Eran Hammer-Lahav (editor) Yahoo! Email: eran@hueniverse.com URI: http://hueniverse.com Brad Fitzpatrick Google Email: brad@fitzpat.com URI: http://www.bradfitz.com Blaine Cook BT Email: romeda@gmail.com URI: http://romeda.org/ Hammer-Lahav, et al. Expires April 23, 2010 [Page 4]