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The Handle System interface specification is described in three RFCs:

  • Sam Sun, Larry Lannom, Brian Boesch, "Handle System Overview". Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC), RFC 3650, November 2003.
    <hdl:4263537/4069>

Introduction, history, and a general description of the namespace, architecture, and security considerations.

  • Sam Sun, Sean Reilly, Larry Lannom, "Handle System Namespace and Service Definition". Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC), RFC 3651, November 2003.
    <hdl:4263537/4068>

Description of the namespace, data model, service model and operation model.

  • Sam Sun, Sean Reilly, Larry Lannom, Jason Petrone, "Handle System Protocol (ver 2.1) Specification". Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC), RFC 3652, November 2003.
    <hdl:4263537/4086>

Description of the protocol elements and operations and implementation guidelines.

Note: The Handle System RFCs and other Handle System documentation are available in Chinese from the Chinese Digital Library Standards web site.

 
Updated 30 June 2008

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