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XDI.ORG Reserved I-Names

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  1. Motivation
  2. Reserved Public Global I-Name Policy
  3. Reserved Operating Global I-Name Policy
  4. Related Policies

1. Motivation

This policy specifies Global I-Names reserved by XDI.ORG. It is motivated by the need to:

2. Reserved Public Global I-Name Policy

XDI.ORG reserves the following Global I-Names in all Global I-Name Registries for public use in documentation and examples so as to avoid conflicts with actual registered XRIs or confusion with common HTTP URIs. GRSPs MUST NOT accept registrations for these i-names and XDI.ORG-Accredited I-Brokers SHOULD do a local check against this list and inform a Registrant that these Global I-Names are Reserved. In addition to the exact names listed, which per the XRI specifications are case-insensitive, the following variations are also reserved:

  1. The plural form of each name (i.e., adding "s", "es", or "ies").

  2. Any Global I-Name that begins with either the singular or plural form of one of the reserved i-names followed by any of the following logical separator characters: dot ("."), colon (":"), or hyphen ("-"). 

example
user
individual
person
personal
organization
organizational
name
iname
i-name
i.name
i:name
number
inumber
i-number
i.number
i:number
broker
ibroker
i-broker
i.broker
i:broker
www

3. Reserved Operating Global I-Name Policy

XDI.ORG reserves the following Global I-Names in all Global I-Name Registries for its own operational use as a public trust organization representing the XDI Community. GSPs MUST NOT register these i-names and XDI.ORG-Accredited I-Brokers SHOULD do a local check against this list and inform a Registrant that these Global I-Names are Reserved. 
xdi
xdiorg
xdi-org
xdi.org
xdi:org
xri
xriorg
xri-org
xri.org
xri:org
public
trust
federation
global
service
registry
registrar
registrant
one
1
i
x

4. Related Policies