Handle SpecificationThere are two sources for the Handle specs: The RFC is authoritative but has slipped somewhat with respect to the HANDLE.NET 6.2 Java codebase. The table below attempts to capture some of the disparity between the RFC and the codebase. | RFC Section | Leave | Remove | Add | Reference | Comment | | Sect. 3.1, p. 7 | PUBLIC_EXECUTE | - | - | SS (260) | Not implemented - Feature placeholder for web services/grid type apps | | Sect. 3.1, p. 7 | ADMIN_EXECUTE | - | - | SS (260) | Not implemented - Feature placeholder for web services/grid type apps | | Sect. 3.2.1, p. 13 | LIST_NA | - | - | SS (260) | Not implemented - Feature placeholder for namespace admin | | Sect. 3.2.1, p. 13 | HS_ADMIN | - | - | TH (230) | - | | Sect. 3.2.2, p. 14 | HS_SITE | - | - | TH (230) | - | | Sect. 3.2.3, p. 19 | HS_NA_DELEGATE | - | - | SS (261) | Not implemented - Feature placeholder for handle prefex delegation; Not registered in type registry | | Sect. 3.2.4, p. 20 | HS_SERV | - | - | TH (230) | - | | Sect. 3.2.5, p. 21 | HS_ALIAS | - | - | TH (230) | - | | Sect. 3.2.6, p. 21 | HS_PRIMARY | - | - | SS (261) | Unimplemented - Feature placeholder for multiple primary servers; Not registered in type registry | | Sect. 3.2.7, p. 22 | HS_VLIST | - | - | TH (230) | - | | Sect. 3.2 | - | - | HS_SECKEY | SR (259) | Implemented as 'STD_TYPE' in codebase; Registered in type registry | | Sect. 3.2 | - | - | HS_PUBKEY | SR (259) | Implemented as 'STD_TYPE' in codebase; Registered in type registry | | Sect. 3.2 | - | (HS_DSAPUBKEY) | - | SR (259) | Implemented as 'STD_TYPE' in codebase - to be removed; Not registered in type registry | | Sect. 3.2 | - | - | HS_NAMESPACE | SR (259) | Not implemented as 'STD_TYPE' in codebase; Registered in type registry | | Sect. 2, p. 4 | - | - | URI Spec. | TH (244) | Add subsection to Sect. 2 detailing URI scheme |
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