[urn] Re: Proposal: Activation of RFC 8141 Section 5.1 R eserved NIDs via a Territorial URN Framework

Jesús Alonso Abad <[email protected]> writes:
> 2. The NSS Structure: <id-type>:<id>
>
> Your interpretation is correct. The intended syntax is:
> "urn:<country-code>:<id-type>:<id>".
>
> This is deliberately minimalist. By defining this structure, we provide a
> community standard where <id-type> (e.g., "dni", "ssn", "vat") acts as a
> sub-namespace. My implementation (international-urns on PyPI) shows that we
> do not need a central registrar to make this useful. If a developer uses
> "urn:es:dni:...", they are invoking the semantics of a Spanish National ID.
> The URN provides a collision-resistant, semantically clear string
> regardless of who the official registrar is.

How is it determined that "urn:es:dni:..." refers to the Spanish
national ID, as opposed to some other Spanish identifier?

Dale

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