ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 24703 First edition 2004-05-15 Information technology Participant identifiers Technologies de I'information - Identificateurs de participant Reference number ISO/IEC 24703:2004(E) ISO TEC Copyright International Organization for Standardization @ISO/IEC2004 itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 24703:2004(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below ?ISO/IEC2004 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland yemainagazainandardizato @ISO/IEC2004-All rights reserved mittedwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC24703:2004(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission)formthespecializedsystemforworldwidestandardization.Nationalbodiesthataremembersof ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. 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. Copyright International Oorganization for standadization All rights reserved ii ISO/IEC 24703:2004(E) 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. @ISO/IEC2004-Allrights reserved r networking permited withoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale 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. Securityandprotection of personal data associatedwiththe useof aparticipant identifierisnotaddressed 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 2Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited appli