Network Working Group C. Lindsey Internet-Draft University of Manchester Expires: October 18, 2004 G. Klyne Nine by Nine April 19, 2004 Registration of Netnews header fields draft-lindsey-hdrreg-netnews-00 Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026. 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 October 18, 2004. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document defines the initial IANA registration for permanent Netnews message header fields, per [[[RFC XXXX]]] [3]. Discussion of this document Please send comments to . For mailing list subscription and archive information, please see [5]. Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Structure of this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 Document terminology and conventions . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Registration templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Permanent Netnews field registrations . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.1 Header field: From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.2 Header field: Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.3 Header field: Newsgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.4 Header field: Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.5 Header field: Message-ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.6 Header field: Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.7 Header field: Reply-To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.8 Header field: Sender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1.9 Header field: Followup-To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1.10 Header field: Expires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.1.11 Header field: Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.1.12 Header field: Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1.13 Header field: Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1.14 Header field: Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1.15 Header field: Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.1.16 Header field: Approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.1.17 Header field: Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.1.18 Header field: Xref . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. IANA considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Normative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Informative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 A. Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 A.1 draft-klyne-hdrreg-mail-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . 14 Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 1. Introduction This document defines IANA registration for a number of Netnews header fields, per Registration procedures for message header fields [3]. (See Registration of mail and MIME header fields [4] for the corresponding email and MIME header field registrations.) 1.1 Structure of this document Section Section 2 contains the submission for initial registration of Netnews related message header fields. 1.2 Document terminology and 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 RFC 2119 [2]. [[[Editorial comments and questions about outstanding issues are provided in triple brackets like this. These working comments should be resolved and removed prior to final publication.]]] 2. Registration templates Header field registry entries are summarized in tabular form for convenience of reference, and presented in full in the following sections. 2.1 Permanent Netnews field registrations Header name Protocol ----------- -------- From Netnews Mailbox of article poster Date Netnews Article date and time Newsgroups Netnews Newsgroups for posting Subject Netnews Topic of article Message-ID Netnews Message identifier Path Netnews Trace of path Reply-To Netnews Mailbox for email replies to article Sender Netnews Mailbox of article sender Followup-To Netnews Newsgroups for followups Expires Netnews Expiry date Control Netnews Control message Distribution Netnews Distribution scope Organization Netnews Poster's organization Keywords Netnews Keywords Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Summary Netnews Article summary Approved Netnews Mailbox of approving authority Lines Netnews Line count Xref Netnews Article location Figure 1 2.1.1 Header field: From Description: Mailbox of article poster Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.1) Related information: Specifies the poster(s) of the article, that is, the mailbox(es) of the person(s) or system(s) responsible for the writing of the article. 2.1.2 Header field: Date Description: Article date and time Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.1) Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Related information: Specifies the date and time at which the poster of the article indicated that the message was complete and ready to enter the netnews network. 2.1.3 Header field: Newsgroups Description: Newsgroups for posting Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.1) Related information: Specifies the list of newsgroups in which the article is intended to appear. 2.1.4 Header field: Subject Description: Topic of article Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.1) Related information: Contains a short string identifying the topic of the article. Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 2.1.5 Header field: Message-ID Description: Message identifier Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.1) Related information: Contains a single unique message identifier that distinguishes a given article from all other articles ever posted. All copies of that article, wherever on the network they may be found, will have that same message identifier. 2.1.6 Header field: Path Description: Trace of path Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.1) Related information: Shows the path the article took to reach the current system 2.1.7 Header field: Reply-To Description: Mailbox for email replies to article Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: When the "Reply-To:" field is present, it indicates the mailbox(es) to which the poster of the article suggests that replies be sent. 2.1.8 Header field: Sender Description: Mailbox of article sender Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Specifies the mailbox of the agent responsible for the actual posting of the article. 2.1.9 Header field: Followup-To Description: Newsgroups for followups Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 7] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Specifies the list of newsgroups in which followups are intended to appear. 2.1.10 Header field: Expires Description: Expiry date Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Specifies a suggested expiry date for the article. 2.1.11 Header field: Control Description: Control message Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 8] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Related information: Specifies actions to be taken by host machines. 2.1.12 Header field: Distribution Description: Distribution scope Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Specifies limits to the propagation of the article. 2.1.13 Header field: Organization Description: Poster's organization Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Describes the organization to which the poster belongs. 2.1.14 Header field: Keywords Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 9] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Description: Keywords Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Contains a few well-selected keywords identifying the intent of the article. 2.1.15 Header field: Summary Description: Article summary Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Contains a brief summary of the article. 2.1.16 Header field: Approved Description: Mailbox of approving authority Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 10] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Indicates the authority approving the posting of a control message or moderated article. 2.1.17 Header field: Lines Description: Line count Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Contains a count of the lines in the body of the article. 2.1.18 Header field: Xref Description: Article location Applicable protocol: Netnews [1] Status: standards-track Author/change controller: IETF (mailto:iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Task Force Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 11] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Specification document(s): RFC 1036 [1] (section 2.2) Related information: Indicates, for a particular server, the article's location within each newsgroup. 3. IANA considerations This specification provides initial registrations of Netnews header fields in the "Permanent Message Header Field Registry", defined by Registration procedures for message header fields [3]. 4. Security considerations No security considerations are introduced by this registration document beyond those already inherent in the use of Netnews message header fields referenced. Normative references [1] Horton, M. and R. Adams, "Standard for interchange of USENET messages", RFC 1036, December 1987. [2] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [3] Klyne, G., Nottingham, M. and J. Mogul, "Registration procedures for message headers", Oct 2003, . Informative references [4] Klyne, G. and J. Palme, "Registration of mail and MIME header fields", April 2004, . URIs [5] Lindsey & Klyne Expires October 18, 2004 [Page 12] Internet-Draft Netnews header field registration April 2004 Authors' Addresses Charles Lindsey University of Manchester 5 Clerewood Avenue Heald Green Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 3JU UK Phone: +44 161 436 6131 EMail: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Graham Klyne Nine by Nine UK EMail: GK-IETF@ninebynine.org URI: http://www.ninebynine.net/ Appendix A. Revision history [[[Please remove this section on final publication]]] A.1 draft-klyne-hdrreg-mail-00 00b 19-Apr-2004: * Editorial tweaks. * Added GK as second editor. * Indicated USEFOR list for discussion. * Added informational reference to mail header fields registration draft. * Fix up description for Xref header field. 00a 13-Apr-2004: * Document initially created. 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