XKMS tokens for use with SRV

http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/Drafts/XKMS/xkms-issues-list#issue-13
>13 Clarification/ Phill Hallam- Baker, Joseph Reagle [ Sept 2002 F2F]
>[Part I - 2002/08/01]
>
>The SRV prefix for an XKMS service in DNS should be specified here once it 
>is established. Make changes as described.  [ Sept 2002F2F]

I have briefly investigated the registration of SRV service tokens for XKMS. 
SRV allows a single server (e.g., example.com) to delegate services to 
specific services. An example from from RFC2782:
   _Service._Proto.Name TTL Class SRV Priority Weight Port Target
I'm no expert in this, I've never heard of it prior to this issue being 
raised.

My conclusion is:
1. This is a relatively new standards track document and it's not clear that 
there's any immediate requirement for this from XKMS. Presently, SIP is the 
only registered service.
  http://www.iana.org/assignments/sip-table
2. There's no easy registration form for such values:
  http://www.iana.org/protocols/forms.htm
We would need to publish some form of informational RFC, I don't know what 
the requirements for such a document are.
2. I'm not sure if SRV's are intended to be used with services on top of 
HTTP. There is no _Proto corresponding to HTTP, and to be more specific 
(e.g,. _TCP or _UDP) would be inappropriate. One might take the cross 
product and have a service for every single protocol binding, such as 
XKMS+TCP, XKMS+UDP, XKMS+SMTP, etc., but this is not that compelling to me 
and I still can't distinguish between those on HTTP, and one actually 
running directly on TCP.

Consequently I recommend we take no action and wait for those Web services 
with actual requirements to take the lead if ever considered necessary.

Received on Wednesday, 18 September 2002 12:48:02 UTC