The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Mark and Signed Mark Objects Mapping' (draft-ietf-eppext-tmch-smd-06.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Extensible Provisioning Protocol Extensions Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ben Campbell, Barry Leiba and Alissa Cooper. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-eppext-tmch-smd/ Technical Summary This document describes the format of a mark and a digitally signed mark used by trademark holders for registering domain names during the sunrise phase of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Review and Consensus This document received the WG's attention and some comments throughout the life of the WG. One of the major comments is that this document should include the EPP extension registration in the section of IANA consideration. Another one is some recommended signing algorithms should be mentioned in the security section. None of the consensuses were tough to reach. Thus there is no disagreement about this document. The Document Shepherd did a thorough editorial and technical review of the document, and resolved any issues brought up during WGLC. The Document Shepherd does not have any concerns about the depth or breath of the reviews. This document has also had a number of discussions in tmch-tech working group of ICANN. Some SMD file tests were carried out during discussion and full examples are listed in the document. The document has support of the WG. There are at least four known implementations of production level and one implementation in test. Personnel Ning Kong is the Document Shepherd. Barry Leiba is the responsible Area Director.
