This page documents the process for assigning new URNs and OIDs as of August 2018. This function has been handled by Keith Hazelton, Jim Jokl and Emily Eisbruch in recent years. It may be transitioned to a different area of the Internet2 organization / community with the sunsetting of the MACE-Directories working group in fall 2018.
Overview
- 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 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/
- 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
URN Process
- Request for an URN
- The MACE URN request form is found here: https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/urnmace-request-form/
- The form is to be copied and sent be email to mace-submit@internet2.edu
- The recipients of the email are Keith Hazelton, Jim Jokl, Emily Eisbruch and Dean Woodbeck.
- Processing the URN Request
- 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???
- 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.
- 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/
- Emily has been doing this using the source code editing feature in Django content manager. 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:
- Emily emails the submitter, copying mace-submit@internet2.edu informing the submitter that their URN is on the website.
- Maintaining the URNs
- 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.
- See sample emails for an URN request and approval in the thread below
| sample EMAILS FOR URN REQUEST AND APPROVAL |
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EMAIL ANNOUNCING URN IS NOW ON WEBSITE Re: URN:MACE REQUEST FORM Emily Eisbruch Thu 7/19/2018 1:13 PM Sent Items To: Keith Hazelton <keith.hazelton@wisc.edu>; Fernando Reis <fereis@ipcb.pt>; mace‐submit@internet2.edu <mace‐ Cc:Joaquim Santos <jsantos@ipcb.pt>; Pedro Gonçalves <pedro.goncalves@ipcb.pt>; Greetings, Your requested namespace has been added to the bottom of the table here: https://www.internet2.edu/productsservices/trustidentity/maceregistries/urnmacenamespace/ Best regards, Emily Emily Eisbruch, Work Group Lead, Trust and Identity Internet2 emily@internet2.edu office: +17343524996 | mobile +17347305749 ==================================== EMAIL ANNOUNCING URN HAS BEEN APPROVED From: mace-submit-request@internet2.edu <mace-submit-request@internet2.edu> on behalf of Keith Hazelton <keith.hazelton@wisc.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 5:28 PM To: Fernando Reis; mace-submit@internet2.edu Cc: Joaquim Santos; Pedro Gonçalves Subject: Re: URN:MACE REQUEST FORM Your request to register urn:mace:ipcb.pt has now been formally approved. Regards, --Keith Hazelton for MACE-Dir ==================================== EMAIL REQUESTING AN URN From: mace-submit-request@internet2.edu <mace-submit-request@internet2.edu> on behalf of Fernando Reis <fereis@ipcb.pt> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 6:25:51 AM Cc: Joaquim Santos; Pedro Gonçalves Subject: URN:MACE REQUEST FORM Dear Sirs, I’m submitting you the URN:MACE request form for approval. If you need any more information please do not hesitate in contact me. requested namespace ID (must be lower-case ASCII): urn:mace:ipcb.pt requesting organization name: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco requesting organization URL (homepage): http://ipcb.pt requesting person(s) contact information: name and email: Joaquim Santos jsantos@ipcb.pt job title: IT Manager postal mailing address: Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, n.º 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco daytime phone: +351 272339600 name and email: Pedro Gonçalves pedro.goncalves@ipcb.pt job title: IT Manager postal mailing address: Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, n.º 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco daytime phone: +351 272339600 URL of requested namespace documentation site: urn.ipcb.pt/mace intended purpose of requested namespace: Use IPCB own atributes/entitlements on the portuguese research federation FCCN RCTS-AAI Kind regards, Fernando Reis IT Services | Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral n.º 12 6000-084 Castelo Branco - Portugal T +351 272 339 600 | F +351 272 339 601 | @ fereis@ipcb.pt |
OID Process
- The OID requestor sends an email to mace-submit@internet2.edu as explained here https://www.internet2.edu/products-services/trust-identity/mace-registries/#service-registries
- Keith or Jim respond.
- Emily updates the website.
- There has only been one OID request in recent years. That was for TIER.