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• The MACE URN and OID documentation is found on the Interent2 website here: https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/
• Frequency of Requests for URNS and OIDs:
  • URNs: Since 2015 Internet2 has tried to discourage new URN requests with a note about a preference for URLs. See here: https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/#service-faq  However we still get several URN requests each year.  There were 
    • 4 new URNs in 2016
    • 6 new URNs in 2017
    • 3 new URNs in 1st half of 2018
  • OIDs: There was only one change to the OID registry in the past 5 years. That was forTIER forTIER Data Structures and APIs work. The requestor was Keith Hazelton. https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/internet2-object-identifier-oid-registrations/

URN Process

1. Request for an URN
   1. The MACE URN request form is found here:  https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/urnmace-request-form/
   2. The form is to be copied and sent be email to mace-submit@internet2.edu
   3. The recipients of the email are Keith Hazelton, Jim Jokl, Emily Eisbruch and Dean Woodbeck.
2. Processing the URN Request
   
   1. Upon receipt of an email requesting an URN, Keith and Jim do some checking to be sure the institution is actually and R&E Institution? and other checking???
   2.  Assuming Keith and Jim approve the request, they reply to the requestor, with a copy to mace-submit@internet2.edu informing that the request has been approved.
   3. Emily then adds the URN to the bottom of the table on this web page https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/urnmace-namespace/
      1. This is done Emily has been doing this using the source code editing feature in Django content manager.  Not clear how to add   There is also a way to add a table row without editing the source code.  See this info from Mike Creech as of Aug 2018:
   4. Emily emails the submitter, copying mace-submit@internet2.edu informing the submitter that their URN is on the website.
3. Maintaining the URNs
   1. occasionally someone emails with an update of the contact person to their existing URN. I this case, Emily makes the update on the website and replies that the update has been made. 
4. See sample emails for an URN request and approval in the thread below

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