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.aero the Domain of Aviation
.aero Naming conventions
How .aero could facilitate access
to information related to
Air Transport ?
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And also:
Industry Associations,
Media,
General Aviation,
Business/Corporate Aviation
Individuals,
Recreation, Air Sports
Pilots, Engineers,
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Serving the AirTransport Community:
What to do with a
Structured Namespace ?
1. What has been already defined,
the Airline Naming convention
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Level Convention Example Use by
2 2-char A/L Designator aa.aero Travellers,
Professionals,
2 3-letters A/P Identifiers ? gva.aero ,,
2 Flight-Numbers, Reserved
City-Pairs
af1642.aero
fra-jfk.aero
,,
3 Civil Aviation Authority ch.dgca.aero Professionals,
3 Others ourclub.sport.aero
myname.pilot.aero
Enthusiasts
.aero Naming conventions:
IATA rp1784 and 2-Chars A/L Designators
Adopted by IATA members at PSC in Oct 2002 Recommends use of 2 character A/L designator Codes at 2nd level Domain (2LD) All 2-characters Airline Codes reserved already for A/L holder Convention for third Level (3LD), one and two character names reserved for Office Function Designators, other names open for each A/L usage
Examples
ba.aero nw.aero …
Airline Naming convention
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Fast access to Airline Web sites
Some examples of standard functional usage
The reservation page URL of some Airlines, or a new name,
Qantas https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer_ir1.html rm.qf.aero
Royal Jordanian
http://reservation.rja.com.jo/hfhtml/rjavf.html rm.rj.aero
Lufthansa
https://www.lufthansa.com/aerodyn/fb_main.aero?pos=DE&l=en&p=fly
rm.lh.aero
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and also simplified addressing for Messaging
The RP1784 recommends a naming convention for e-mail addresses. Predictive Names and Addresses : 3-letter location identifier code 2-letter office function code (OFD) The « @ » symbol 2-character airline designator code “.” a period The top level domain (aero) Examples:
gvahq@xs.aerohdqrz@ua.aero .
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What else to do with a
Structured Namespace ?
2. Opportunities,
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Flight-Numbers and City-Pairs– These have been « reserved » from the beginning of .aero
Registry operation, for future usage by A/Ls and A/Ps
3-letters Airport Location Identifiers and ACI– 3-letters Airport Location Identifiers registration has been restricted,
waiting for DAC to advise …
Under study conventions,
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Level Convention Example Use by
2 2-char A/L Designator aa.aero Travellers,
Professionals,
2 3-letters A/P Identifiers ? gva.aero ,,
2 Flight-Numbers, Reserved
City-Pairs ,,
af1642.aero
fra-jfk.aero
,,
3 Civil Aviation Authority ch.dgca.aero Professionals,
3 Others ourclub.sport.aero
myname.pilot.aero
Enthusiasts
.aero Naming conventions:
Usefulness of these Industry Codes and .aero ?
Access to information for Passengers
These codes are generally well known, from Inside and Outside the Industry: Airline and Airport codes, Flight-Numbers, City-pairs, are easy to remember identifiers,
By implementing such naming convention in the Internet world, the Industry provides their professionals and passengers with a worldwide standard, enabling simple and fast access to web applications, from PCs and Mobile Terminals (Mobile Telephones, PDAs)
Status of Flights (Arrivals/Departures), Schedules, Bookings, Frequent-Flyer information, Could be directly retrieved, in a « standard » way, anytime, anyplace: in any A/P, for any A/L
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Information for passengers (pulled, not SMS like)
Status of Flight: lh3772.gva.aero (from Geneva a/p computer) or lh3772.aero (from Lufthansa computer)
Routes, by City-pairs: gva-lhr.aero (by GVA A/P ), then Schedules, by City-pair, A/L, date
Or ba.aero, then schedules, why not booking, seat purchase,Also services for frequent flyers, initiatives taken by each A/L
Use of a common « language », easy to remember,
to communicate with A/Ls, A/Ps
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Information for Staff ,pulled [Intranet], and I-M
Use of a common « language », to communicate within A/Ls, A/Ps
Internet, Intranet, and simple Addressing scheme combined with « Instant Messaging (I-M) » (chat), the possibility of communications using small text messages, in complement of voice (téléphone, radio) and messaging, for operations, in an A/P environment.For example: baggage@gva.aero, fuel@gva.aero
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Conversations by I-M are slower and less interruptive than by telephone, but can be more precise, more easily shared widely, more easily saved and reused. I-M combines features of both e-mail and telephones.
e-mail for airports– Common naming scheme examined with ACI,
And all kinds of « objects » like aircraft-identifiers, Air WayBills,
e.g. F-BPRA.aero, HB-GFU.aero, or N-12073.aircraft.aero, 125-12345675 , ..
More conventions …
ICAO identifiers– 2-letters Country-Codes, 4 letters airport/airfields identifiers
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Why these opportunities now ?
Availability of Standards, Technology, Data, and .aero Naming !
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.aero the Top Level Domain of Aviation
Opportunity for Mobile Services
Mobile Technologyand consumer Products
.aero Naming Conventions
Information(existing data and applications)
Standards
Opportunities for new Services
GSM/GPRS
Wi-Fi (802.11b)
A/L systems,
A/P systems
Mobile phones,Smartphones,Laptops, PDAs, PCMCIA boards,
« Traveller Service Points »
+
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How to implement this ?
Maximize the value of .aero DNS !
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.aero Domain Name System defines a Structured Namespace
Powerful, Distributed system (5 Top level DNSs for .aero)
Extremely Reliable (> 99.999 % uptime)
Capable to accomodate millions of names
Simple to implement for enabling these new services
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How this is implemented ?
Take advantage of the structured Namespace,and use the DNS features:
Register all flight-Numbers, (by the operating A/L), possibly also by the From A/P and the To A/P, (or as a managed service)Register all City-pairs, (by the originating A/P)
Implementation, using TLD Domain Name System,
can be simple and very efficient
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Database
Implementation Reliability and speed are the objectives
Use of DNS,
Service (application) provided by A/L, A/P, …
or shared (managed by SITA, …)
Client
DNS
ApplicationApplication
DatabaseDatabase
For fast access, all objects like Codes, Flights, City-Pairs, …
are registered in .aero TLD DNS
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Conclusion
Establishing and using a predictive Naming structure is an opportunity for the Air Transport Community:
to offer new services to the consumers,
and to streamline the Industry communications
using state-of-the-art technology.
What are your views ?
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