ISO/IEC 24703:2004
(Main)Information technology — Participant Identifiers
Information technology — Participant Identifiers
The purpose of ISO/IEC 24703:2004 is to define the datatype of identifiers that can be associated with participants in learning, education and training. Participants may be users, teachers, agents, groups, organizations or institutions.
Technologies de l'information — Identificateurs de participant
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 24703
First edition
2004-05-15
Information technology — Participant
identifiers
Technologies de l'information — Identificateurs de participant
Reference number
ISO/IEC 24703:2004(E)
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Foreword
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ISO/IEC 24703 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 36, Information technology for learning, education and training.
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Introduction
The purpose of this International Standard is to define the datatype of an identifier for the purposes of
identifying participants in learning, education and training. Participants may be users, teachers, agents,
groups, organizations, institutions, etc.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 24703:2004(E)
Information technology — Participant identifiers
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies the datatype of participant identifiers in learning, education and training.
Security and protection of personal data associated with the use of a participant identifier is not addressed in
this standard. The naming policy, registration, and authentication of participant identifiers are outside the
scope of this International Standard.
NOTE There is a risk of improper access and misuse of personal and private data facilitated by the use of a
participant identifier. It is the responsibility of the implementer to ensure proper use of a participant identifier.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 2382-1, Information technology — Vocabulary — Part 1: Fundamental terms
ISO/IEC 10646-1, Information technology — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) — Part 1:
Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
ISO/IEC TR 10176, Information technology — Guidelines for the preparation of programming language
standards
ISO/IEC 11404, Information technology — Programming languages, their environments and system software
interfaces — Language-independent datatypes
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 2382-1 and the following apply.
3.1
abstract character
character of the ISO/IEC 10646-1 repertoire (UCS) that is independent of encoding
3.2
binding
application or mapping from one framework or specification to another
3.3
datatype
set of distinct values, characterized by properties of those values and by operations on those values
3.4
encoding
bit and byte format and representation of information
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3.5
implementation-defined behaviour
unspecified behaviour where each implementation documents how the choice is made
3.6
participant identifier
designation associated with a participant
NOTE A participant may have more than one participant identifier — a non-singular identifier. The policy of singularity
or non-singularity of identifiers is outside the scope of this International Standard.
3.7
participant information
data that is primarily associated with, tracked by, tracked for, and about participants in information technology
systems
3.8
smallest permitted maximum
SPM
smallest maximum value for a requirement provision
EXAMPLE The smallest permitted maximum length of field X shall be 25.
3.9
UCS
universal character set
character set defined by ISO/IEC 10646-1
3.10
unspecified behaviour
implementation behaviour for which a standard provides two or more possibilities and imposes no further
requirements on which possibility is chosen in any instance
4 Conformance
A conforming participant identifier shall conform to the requirements specified in: Clause 5, Clause 6, Clause 7,
at least one binding of Clause 8 and Clause 9.
5 Functionality
A participant identifier shall represent a designator.
NOTE More than one participant identifier may be associated with an individual participant.
A participant identifier shall be a printable text string that should facilitate transcription by humans.
EXAMPLE A 10-character string of digits is easier to transcribe than a 256-character string of mixed-case Latin
characters.
6 Conceptual model
A participant identifier is a string of abstract characters that is associated with a participant. Conceptually, the
participant identifier is “opaque” in that the string contains no information itself, e.g., "35267901" has no
particular meaning. Some implementations and administrators may choose participant identifiers that convey
information, e.g., "doe.john", and some participant identifiers may contain even more information, e.g.,
"building2--doe.john".
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A participant identifier may be used in several contexts, such as being embedded into filenames, URLs, or
E-mail addresses. Within information technology systems that manage participant information, participant
identifiers
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