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  <!ENTITY SECURITYLABEL "&lt;securitylabel/&gt;">
  <!ENTITY DISPLAYMARKING "&lt;displaymarking/&gt;">
  <!ENTITY EQUIVALENTLABEL "&lt;equivalentlabel/&gt;">
  <!ENTITY HEADLINE "&lt;headline/&gt;">
  <!ENTITY IDENTITY "&lt;identity/&gt;">
  <!ENTITY rfc2634 "<span class='ref'><link url='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2634'>RFC 2634</link></span> <note>RFC 2634: Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME &lt;<link url='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2634'>http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2634</link>&gt;.</note>" >
  <!ENTITY ASN.1 "<span class='ref'><link url='http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/languages/X.680-0207.pdf'>ASN.1</link></span> <note>X.680: Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation &lt;<link url='http:://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/languages/X.680-0207.pdf'>http:://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/languages/X.680-0207.pdf</link>&gt;.</note>" >
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  <!ENTITY X.500 "<span class='ref'><link url='http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.500-200102-I/en'>X.500</link></span> <note>X.500: The Directory: Overview of concepts, models and service &lt;<link url='http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.500-200102-I/en'>http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.500-200102-I/en</link>&gt;.</note>" >
  <!ENTITY X.841 "<span class='ref'><link url='http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.841-200010-I/en'>X.841</link></span> <note>X.841: Security techniques - Security information objects for access control &lt;<link url='http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.841-200010-I/en'>http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.841-200010-I/en</link>&gt;.</note>" >
  <!ENTITY SDN.801c "<span class='ref'>SDN.801c</span> <note>SDN.801c: Access Control Concept and Mechanism, US National Security Agency, Revision C, 12 May 1999.</note>" >
  <!ENTITY IC-ISM "<span class='ref'>IC-ISM</span> <note>Common Information Sharing Standard for Information Security Marking: XML Implementation, Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
Release 2.0.3, 15 February 2006.</note>" >
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<header>
  <title>Security Labels in XMPP</title>
  <abstract>This document describes the use of security labels in XMPP.  The document
    specifies how security label metadata is carried in XMPP, when this metadata
    should or should not be provided, and how the metadata is to be processed.</abstract>
  &LEGALNOTICE;
  <number>0258</number>
  <status>Experimental</status>
  <type>Standards Track</type>
  <sig>Standards</sig>
  <approver>Council</approver>
  <dependencies>
    <spec>XMPP Core</spec>
    <spec>XEP-0001</spec>
    <spec>Etc.</spec>
  </dependencies>
  <supersedes/>
  <supersededby/>
  <shortname>sec-label</shortname>
  <author>
    <firstname>Kurt</firstname>
    <surname>Zeilenga</surname>
    <email>Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM</email>
    <jid>Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM</jid>
  </author>
  <revision>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <date>2009-01-05</date>
    <initials>psa</initials>
    <remark><p>Initial published version.</p></remark>
  </revision>
  <revision>
    <version>0.0.081203</version>
    <date>2008-12-03</date>
    <initials>kdz</initials>
    <remark><p>Initial draft.</p></remark>
  </revision>
</header>

<section1 topic='Introduction' anchor='intro'>
  <p>A security label, sometimes referred to as a confidentiality label, is
     a structured representation of the sensitivity of a piece of information.  They are
     used in conjunction with a clearance, a structured representation of what information
     sensitivities a person (or other entity) is authorized to access, and a security
     policy to control access to each piece of information.  For instance, message could be
     labeled as "SECRET", and hence requiring the sender and the receiver to have a
     clearance granting access to "SECRET" information.  &X.841; provides a discussion of
     security labels, clearances, and security policy.</p>
  <p>Sensitivity-based authorization is used in networks which operate under a set of
     information classification rules, such as in government defense agency networks.  The
     standardized formats for security labels, clearances, and security policy are
     generalized and do have application in non-government networks.</p>
  <p>This document describes the use of security labels in &xmpp;.  The document specifies
     how security label metadata is carried in XMPP.  It standardizes a mechanism for
     carrying ESS Security Labels in XMPP, as well as provides for use of other label
     formats.  ESS Security Labels are specified in &rfc2634;.  ESS Security Labels are
     commonly used in conjunction with &X.500; clearances and either X.841 or &SDN.801c;
     security policies.</p>
  <example caption="Message with ESS Security Label"><![CDATA[
    <message to='romeo@example.net' from='juliet@example.com/balcony'>
        <body>This content is classified.</body>
        <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
            <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='red'>SECRET</displaymarking>
            <label><esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
                >MQYCAQIGASk=</esssecurityLabel></label>
        </securityLabel>
    </message>
  ]]></example>
  <example caption="Message with IC-ISM Label"><![CDATA[
    <message to='romeo@example.net' from='juliet@example.com/balcony'>
        <body>This content is classified.</body>
        <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
            <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='red'>SECRET</displaymarking>
            <label><icismlabel xmlns='http://example.gov/IC-ISM/0'
                classification='S' ownerProducer='USA' disseminationControls='FOUO'/></label>
        </securityLabel>
    </message>
  ]]></example>
  <p>Note: The &IC-ISM; label example is for <em>illustrative purposes only</em>.</p>
  
  <p>The document details when security label metadata should or should not be provided, and how
     this metadata is to be processed.</p>
  <p>This document does <em>not</em> (yet?) provide:
     <ul>
     <li>any mechanism for a client might discover the security policy enforce at its home server,
         or any other server;</li>
     <li>any mechanism for a client to discover the user's clearance,
         or the clearance of associated with any resource; nor</li>
     <li>any administrative mechanism for a client to configure configure policy,
         clearance, and labels of any resource.</li>
     </ul>
     Such mechanisms may be introduced in subsequent documents.</p>
</section1>

<section1 topic='Discovering Feature Support' anchor='disco'>
  <p>If an entity supports the XMPP Security Label protocol, it MUST report that fact
     by including a service discovery feature of "<tt>urn:xmpp:sec-label:0</tt>" in
     response to a &xep0030; information request.  Clients wishing to include a XMPP
     Security Label element in any stanza they generate SHOULD determine if their
     server supports the XMPP Security Label protocol.  If their server does not
     support XMPP Security Label, the client SHOULD NOT generate XMPP Security Labels
     as the server not supporting this protocol will generally ignore XMPP Security
     Labels as they would any other unrecognized element.</p>
  <p>As each service domain may have different support for security labels, servers
     should advertise and clients should perform appropriate discovery lookups on a
     per service basis.</p>
  <example caption="Service Discovery information request"><![CDATA[
<iq type='get'
    from='user@example.com/Work'
    to='example.com'
    id='disco1'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
  <example caption="Service Discovery information response"><![CDATA[
<iq type='result'
    from='example.com'
    to='user@example.com/Work'
    id='disco1'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>
    ...
    <feature var='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'/>
    ...
  </query>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
<!--
  <p>A server should only include &IDENTITY; elements in the response for services
     the user is cleared to use.</p>
-->
</section1>

<section1 topic='Protocol' anchor='protocol'>
  <p>An element, &SECURITYLABEL;, is defined to carry security label metadata.  This metadata
     includes a security label, zero or more equivalent security labels, and optionally display
     marking data.</p>
  <example caption="Labeled Message"><![CDATA[
        <message to='romeo@example.net' from='juliet@example.com/balcony'>
            <body>This content is classified.</body>
            <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
                <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='red'>SECRET</displaymarking>
                <label>
                    <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
                        >MQYCAQIGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
                </label>
                <equivalentlabel>
                    <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
                        >MRACAgEABgIpARMGT3Jhbmdl</esssecuritylabel>
                </equivalentlabel>
            </securityLabel>
        </message>
  ]]></example>
  <p>The security label metadata is carried in an &SECURITYLABEL; element.
     The &SECURITYLABEL; element which contains one and only one &LABEL; element,
     zero or more &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements, and an optional &DISPLAYMARKING; element.</p>
  <p>The &LABEL; contains the primary security label.  It is commonly issued by the
     sender under the security policy of that they and their home server operating under.
     Each &EQUIVALENTLABEL; holds equivalent security labels under other policies.
     This element might be used when a recepient is known to hold a clearance under a
     different policy than the sender.</p>
  <p>The &LABEL; and &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements each require a <tt>type=</tt> attribute.
     The <tt>type=</tt> attribute indicates the type and encoding of the element's value.
     The attribute <tt>type=</tt> value '<tt>ESS</tt>' indicates the label is the
     base64, as specified in &rfc4648;, encoding of the &BER; encoding of the &ASN.1;
         <tt>eSSSecurityLabel</tt> type as specified in &rfc2634;.
     Additional types may be registered (see 'XMPP Registrar Considerations').</p>
  <p>The &DISPLAYMARKING; element contains a display string for use by
     implementations which are unable to utilize the applicable security policy
     to generate display markings.  The element may optionally contain two
     attributes, <tt>fgcolor=</tt> and <tt>bgcolor=</tt>, whose values are HTML
     color strings (e.g., '<tt>red</tt>' or '<tt>#ff0000</tt>'), for use in
     colorizing the display marking.</p>
</section1>

<section1 topic='Label Information Discovery' anchor='label-disco'>
    <p>It is RECOMMENDED the server publish security label information, including a
       catalog of labels, for use by clients.</p>
    <p>The catalog provided should only contain labels for which the client is allowed to use
       (based upon the user's authorization).   The catalog may not be include the complete
       set of labels available for the use by the client.</p>
    <p>As each service domain may have different support for security labels, servers
       should advertise and clients should perform appropriate discovery lookups on a
       per service basis.</p>
    <p>To indicate the support for label information discovery, a server advertises the
       <tt>urn:xmpp:sec-label:info:0</tt> feature.</p>
    <example caption="Label Information Feature Discovery request"><![CDATA[
<iq type='get'
    from='user@example.com/Work'
    to='example.com'
    id='disco1'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
  <example caption="Label Information Feature Discovery response"><![CDATA[
<iq type='result'
    from='example.com'
    to='user@example.com/Work'
    id='disco1'>
  <query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>
    ...
    <feature var='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'/>
    <feature var='urn:xmpp:sec-label:info:0'/>
    ...
  </query>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
  
    <p>The following example illustrates catalog discovery.</p>

      <!-- Hierarchy of labels? -->
    <example caption="Label Information request"><![CDATA[
<iq type='get'
    from='user@example.com/Work'
    to='example.com'
    id='catalog1'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:info:0'/>
</iq>
  ]]></example>

     <example caption="Label Information response"><![CDATA[
<iq type='result'
    from='example.com'
    to='user@example.com/Work'
    id='catalog1'>
  <query xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:info:0'>
        <labelcatalog>
            <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
                <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='red'>SECRET</displaymarking>
                <label>
                    <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
                        >MQYCAQQGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
                </label>
            </securityLabel>
            <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
                <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='navy'>CONFIDENTIAL</displaymarking>
                <label>
                    <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
                        >MQYCAQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
                </label>
            </securityLabel>
            <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
                <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='aqua'>RESTRICTED</displaymarking>
                <label>
                    <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
                        >MQYCAQIGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
                </label>
            </securityLabel>
            <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
                <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='green'>UNCLASSIFIED</displaymarking>
                <label>
                    <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
                        >MQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
                </label>
            </securityLabel>
        </labelcatalog>
  </query>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
    <p>The label information may contain other elements.</p>
</section1>

<section1 topic='Use in XMPP' anchor='xmpp-use'>
  <p>The sensitivity-based access control decisions discussed herein are to be
     made independently of other access control decisions or other facilities.
     That is, the sensitivity-based access control decisions are not conditional
     on other factors.</p>
  <p>It is intended that &SECURITYLABEL; elements are only used as prescribed by
     this document, or other formal specifications.  Any other use of
     &SECURITYLABEL; SHOULD be viewed as a protocol violation.  The stanza SHOULD
     be discarded with, if approrpriate, an error response.  Such error responses
     SHOULD NOT include content from the violating stanza, excepting that
     necessary to well-formed error responses.</p> 
  <p>When use of a &SECURITYLABEL; element is prescribed, that use is RECOMMENDED.
     Absence of a &SECURITYLABEL; element implies the stanza has the default label
     as specified in the governing security policy.  Given that the governing
     policy may not specify a default label, hence denying access to the stanza,
     supporting clients SHOULD provide a &SECURITYLABEL; element where prescribed.</p>
  <p>Typically, a client would allow the user to choose populate the
     &SECURITYLABEL; from one of from a small set of security labels selections
     known to it (through configuration and/or discovery and/or other means),
     such as from a pull-down menu.   That selection would include appropriate
     values for the &LABEL;, &DISPLAYMARKING;, and &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements.</p>
  <p>A policy-aware client may provide the user with an interface allowing the
     user to produce custom labeling data for inclusion in this set.  A
     policy-aware client SHOULD preclude the user from producing &LABEL; values
     which the user's own clearance does not grant access to, and SHOULD preclude
     sending any label which the user's own clearance does not grant access to.
     Each &EQUIVALENTLABEL; value, if any, MUST be equivalent under an equivalent
     policy to the &LABEL;.  The &DISPLAYMARKING; element SHOULD be set the
     display marking prescribed for the &LABEL; under the governing policy, or,
     if the governing policy prescribes no display marking for the &LABEL;,
     absent.</p>
  <p>A client which receives a stanza with &SECURITYLABEL; element is to promiently
     display the &DISPLAYMARKING; value.   A policy-aware may alternatively
     promiently display the marking for the &LABEL; prescribed by the governing
     policy.</p>
  <p>Each server is expected to make a number of sensitivity-based authorization
     decisions. Each decision is made by evaluating an Access Control Decision
     Function (ACDF) with a governing policy, a clearance, and a security label.
     The ACDF yields either <em>Grant</em> or <em>Deny</em>.</p>
  <p>If the user holds a valid clearance (known to the server) under the
     governing policy, the clearance input is the user's clearance.  Otherwise,
     if the governing policy provides a default clearance, the clearance input
     is the default clearance. Otherwise, the clearance input is the nil clearance.
     The nil clearance is a clearance for which the ACDF always returns Deny when
     given as the clearance input.</p>
  <p>If the stanza contains a &SECURITYLABEL; element and the either the &LABEL;
     element or one of the &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements contain an appropriate label,
     that label input is that label.  Otherwise, the label input is the default
     label provided the governing policy or, if no default label is provided,
     the nil label.  The nil label is a label for which the ACDF always returns
     Deny when given as the label input.</p>
  <p>The term "effective clearance" and "effective label" refer, respectively,
     to the clearance and label provided as input to the ACDF.</p>
  <p>Not all sensitivity-based authorization decisions an XMPP server might make
     involve a user clearance and/or stanza label.  A server may only provide
     service to users which hold an appropriate clearance as determined by calling
     the ACDF with the user's clearance and a label associated with the service.
     A clearance might also be associated with the service to restrict the set
     of labels may be used in labeling stanzas.  Labels and clearances can also
     be associated with network interfaces, remote servers, chatrooms, pubsub
     notes.</p>
  <section2 topic='Use in Instant Messaging' anchor='im-use'>
    <p>A client may provide a &SECURITYLABEL; element in any &MESSAGE; it sends.</p>
<!--
    <p>The server will make, at a minimum, the following accessing control decisions:
    <ul>
    <li>TBD</li>
    </ul>
    </p>
-->
  </section2>
  <section2 topic='Use in Group Chat and Multi-User Chat' anchor='muc-use'>
    <p>A client may provide a &SECURITYLABEL; element in &MESSAGE; stanzas.</p>
    
    <section3 topic='Discovery' anchor='muc-disco'>
        <p>A server SHOULD provide a label feature and information discovery for the room.</p>
        <p>Clients SHOULD discover label feature and information on a per room basis.</p>
    </section3>
    <section3 topic='Sending Messages' anchor='muc-send'>
        <p>Sending groupchat messages is similiar to sending normal messages, however
           their are a few differences.</p>
        <p>Groupchat messages are addressed to the room.  The room clearance must
           be suitable for the message label, else it should be rejected.</p>
        <p>The room's clearance may allow a variety of labels to be used.  Not all
           partipants may be cleared for all labels allowed in the room.  The server
           MUST only deliver messages to partipants for which they are cleared to
           receive.</p>
    </section3>
    <section3 topic='Private Messages' anchor='muc-private'>
        <p>Private messages are treated as discussed in the "Use in Instant Messaging"
           section.  (Should private messages be restricted by room's configuration?)</p>
    </section3>
    <section3 topic='Invitations' anchor='muc-invite'>
        <p>Invitations may be labeled.</p>
    </section3>
    <section3 topic='Changing Subject' anchor='muc-subject'>
        <p>This section discusses semantics of &SECURITYLABEL; elements contained
           in &MESSAGE; stanzas containing a &SUBJECT; element.</p>
        <p>The presence of a &SECURITYLABEL; element indicates a request to change
           the room's label, either to the provided label or, if the element is empty,
           to unset the room's label.  The server is to refuse the request if the
           requestor is not authorized to change the subject, not cleared for the
           requested label, or if the server is otherwise unwilling or unable to make
           the change.  If the label change is refused, so must the accompanied
           subject change.  Likewise, if the subject change is refused, so must the
           accompanied label change.</p>
        <p>Upon change of the room's label, the server MUST immediately remove from
           the room all members whom are not cleared for that label.</p>
        <p>In absence of a &SECURITYLABEL; element, the label associated with the
           room is unchanged.</p>
        <p>The room's label can also be changed through room configuration (to be
           discussed in later revision of this document).</p>
    </section3>
<!--
    <section3 topic='Room Configuration' anchor='muc-config'>
        <p>The server may allow for configuration of security label parameters
           via room configuration mechanisms.  The approach is intended to be
           ad-hoc.  Hence this section is intended to be illustrative, not
           prescriptive.</p>
  <example caption="Room Configuration Form"><![CDATA[
<iq from='room@muc.example.com'
    id='create1'
    to='user@example.com/Work'
    type='result'>
<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#owner'>
    <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='form'>
       <title>"darkcave" room configuration</title>
       ...
       <field label='Room Label' type='list-single' var='sec-label#label'>
       <value>Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value>
       <option label='SECRET'><value>Catalog:SECRET</value></option>
       <option label='CONFIDENTIAL'><value>Catalog:CONFIDENTIAL</value></option>
       <option label='UNCLASSIFED'><value>Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value></option>
       <option label='Custom'><value>Custom</value></option>
       </field>
       <field label='Custom Room Label' type='text-single'
            var='sec-label#custom-label'/>
       <field label='Room Allowed Markings' type='list-multi' var='sec-label#clearance'>
       <value>Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value>
       <option label='SECRET'><value>Catalog:SECRET</value></option>
       <option label='CONFIDENTIAL'><value>Catalog:CONFIDENTIAL</value></option>
       <option label='UNCLASSIFED'><value>Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value></option>
       <option label='Custom'><value>Custom</value></option>
       </field>
       <field label='Custom Room Clearance' type='text-single'
            var='sec-label#custom-clearance'/>
       <field label='Default Label' type='list-single' var='sec-label#default-label'>
       <value>Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value>
       <option label='SECRET'><value>Catalog:SECRET</value></option>
       <option label='CONFIDENTIAL'><value>Catalog:CONFIDENTIAL</value></option>
       <option label='UNCLASSIFED'><value>Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value></option>
       <option label='Custom'><value>Custom</value></option>
       </field>
    </x>
</query>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
    <p>In the above example, the server allows the room label to be set to one of
       to a subset of labels from the label catalog (see below), using the display
       name for selection, as well as custom label support.  For custom label choice
       support, the server offers an appropriate choice (the label= string should
       be selected to avoid confusion with display markings used in label=
       attributes). as well as a field for providing the custom label.  Likewise
       for the room clearance.  The server also allows configuration of a default
       label for use in handling of unlabeled messages.</p>
    <p>Though offering choices from the label catalog is often desirable,
       a server may only offer custom label and/or clearance support.</p>
  <example caption="Room Configuration Form"><![CDATA[
<iq from='room@muc.example.com'
    id='create1'
    to='user@example.com/Work'
    type='result'>
<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#owner'>
    <x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='form'>
       <title>"darkcave" room configuration</title>
       ...
       <field label='Room Label' type='text-single'
            var='sec-label#custom-label'/>
       <field label='Room Clearance' type='text-single'
            var='sec-label#custom-clearance'/>
    </x>
</query>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
    </section3>
-->
  </section2>
  <section2 topic='Use in Presence' anchor='presence-use'>
    <p>&SECURITYLABEL; elements are not to appear in &PRESENCE; stanzas.  Server
       SHALL treat any &PRESENCE; stanza that contains a &SECURITYLABEL; as a
       protocol violation.</p>
    <p>Presence information is subject to sensitivity-base authorization decisions,
       however these decisions are made are made using a label associated with the
       presence resource, such as a chatroom's label.</p>
  </section2>
  <section2 topic='Use in PubSub' anchor='pubsub-use'>
    <section3 topic='Discovery' anchor='pubsub-disco'>
        <p>A server SHOULD provide a label feature and information discovery for each node.</p>
        <p>Clients SHOULD discover label feature and information on a per node basis.</p>
    </section3>
    <section3 topic='Publishing items with Security Labels' anchor='muc-send'>
        <p>Each item may be individually labeled.</p>
  <example caption="Publishing with a Security Label"><![CDATA[
<iq type='set'
    from='hamlet@denmark.lit/blogbot'
    to='pubsub.shakespeare.lit'
    id='pub1'>
  <pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'>
    <publish node='princely_musings'>
      <item>
        <entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
          <title>Soliloquy</title>
          <summary>
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
          </summary>
          <link rel='alternate' type='text/html'
                href='http://denmark.lit/2003/12/13/atom03'/>
          <id>tag:denmark.lit,2003:entry-32397</id>
          <published>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</published>
          <updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>
        </entry>
        <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
            <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='green'>UNCLASSIFIED</displaymarking>
            <label>
                <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>MQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
            </label>
        </securityLabel>
      </item>
    </publish>
  </pubsub>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
        <p>The service then notifies appropriately cleared subscribers.</p>
  <example caption="Publishing with a Security Label"><![CDATA[
<message from='pubsub.shakespeare.lit' to='francisco@denmark.lit' id='foo'>
  <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'>
    <items node=princely_musings'>
      <item id='ae890ac52d0df67ed7cfdf51b644e901'>
        <entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
          <title>Soliloquy</title>
          <summary>
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
          </summary>
          <link rel='alternate' type='text/html'
                href='http://denmark.lit/2003/12/13/atom03'/>
          <id>tag:denmark.lit,2003:entry-32397</id>
          <published>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</published>
          <updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>
        </entry>
        <securitylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>
            <displaymarking fgcolor='black' bgcolor='green'>UNCLASSIFIED</displaymarking>
            <label>
                <esssecuritylabel xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'>MQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
            </label>
        </securityLabel>
      </item>
    </items>
  </event>
</iq>
  ]]></example>
    </section3>
  </section2>
</section1>

<!--
<section1 topic='Implementation Notes' anchor='impl'>
  <p>OPTIONAL.</p>
</section1>
-->
<section1 topic='Security Considerations' anchor='security'>
  <p>This document is all about authorization, a key aspect of security.  Hence,
     security considerations are discussed through this document.</p>
  <p>Security labels generally should be securely bound to the object.  This may be
     accomplished through use of &xmppe2e; signing, or possibly other signing
      mechanisms.</p>
  <p>Certain XMPP stanzas, such as &PRESENCE; stanzas, are not themselves subject
     to any sensitity-based authorization decisions, and may be forwarded throughout
     the XMPP network.  The content of these stanzas should not contain information
     requiring sensitivity-based dissemination controls.</p>
</section1>
<section1 topic='IANA Considerations' anchor='iana'>
  <p>This document requires no interaction with &IANA;.</p>
</section1>
<section1 topic='XMPP Registrar Considerations' anchor='registrar'>
  <p>It is requested the &REGISTRAR; add the extension's namespace and schema to
     appropriate XMPP registries.</p>
  <p>It is requested the Registrar maintain a registry of label types.  The
     type string "<tt>ESS</tt>" is reserved for use as described in this document.</p>
</section1>
<section1 topic='XML Schemas' anchor='schema'>
<section2 topic='&lt;securitylabel/&gt; schema' anchor='schema-sl'>
  <p>
    <code><![CDATA[
    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    <xs:schema
        xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'
        targetNamespace='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
        xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:0'
        elementFormDefault='qualified'>

        <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
            The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-XXXX:
            http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-XXXX.html
        </xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>

        <xs:element name='securitylabel'>
            <xs:complexType>
                <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element ref='displaymarking' name='displaymarking'/>
                    <xs:element ref='label' type='label'/>
                    <xs:element ref='equivalentlabel' type='label'
                        minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded'/>
                </xs:sequence>
            <xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>

        <xs:element name='displaymarking' type='xs:string'>
            <xs:attribute name='bgcolor' type='xs:string' use='optional'/>
            <xs:attribute name='fgcolor' type='xs:string' use='optional'/>
        </xs:element>

        <xs:complexType name='label'/>
    </xs:schema>
    ]]></code>
  </p>
</section2>
<section2 topic='&lt;esssecuritylabel/&gt; schema' anchor='schema-ess'>
  <p>
    <code><![CDATA[
    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    <xs:schema
        xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'
        targetNamespace='urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
        xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
        elementFormDefault='qualified'>

        <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
            The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-XXXX:
            http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-XXXX.html
        </xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>

        <xs:element name='esssecuritylabel' type=xs:string'/>
    </xs:schema>
    ]]></code>
  </p>
</section2>
<section2 topic='Label Information schema' anchor='schema-info'>
  <p>
    <code><![CDATA[
    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
    <xs:schema
        xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'
        targetNamespace='urn:xmpp:sec-label:info:0'
        xmlns='urn:xmpp:sec-label:info:0'
        elementFormDefault='qualified'>

        <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
            The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-XXXX:
            http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-XXXX.html
        </xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>

        <xs:element name='query'>
            <xs:complexType>
                <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element ref='labelcatalog' name='labelcatalog'
                        minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/>
                    <!-- additional elements here -->
                <xs:sequence>
            </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
        
        <xs:element name='labelcatalog'>
            <xs:complexType>
                <xs:element ref='securitylabel' type='securitylabel'
                    minOccurs='1' maxOccurs='unbounded'/>
            </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
        
        <xs:complexType name='securitylabel'/>
    </xs:schema>
    ]]></code>
  </p>
</section2>
</section1>
</xep>