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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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https://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer_ir1.html

http://reservation.rja.com.jo/hfhtml/rjavf.html

https://www.lufthansa.com/aerodyn/fb_main.aero?pos=DE&l=en&p=fly

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:

[email protected]@ua.aero .


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mailto:[email protected]


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: [email protected], [email protected]


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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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