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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This is a requirement, and any requirements around how dates should be formatted need to be stated as such in the appropriate profile section. It MUST NOT be stated in the definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Validation <validation-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Validation<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2024 2:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> CABforum3 <validation@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cabf_validation] Proposed ballot on improving Registration Number language in EVGs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 16/8/2024 2:53 π.μ., Clint Wilson via Validation wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Corey, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Overall this seems like a good improvement to clarity of the current expectations related to these sections of the EVGs, reflecting the predominant approach to populating the subject:serialNumber field for EV TLS certificates. I do think it would be valuable to standardize on a date format (admittedly somewhat because it feels like a missed opportunity to not do so). What about something like modifying the newly added definition:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>**Date of Formation**: The date on which a Legal Entity is first recognized by the jurisdiction in which it was created or formed. The date is formatted according to the complete representation of an extended format calendar date in ISO 8601 (i.e. YYYY-MM-DD; e.g. 0001-01-01).<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hi Clint,<br><br>I'm in favor of examples where they help avoid unintended mistakes, so I would support adding something like "e.g. 2000-12-31" to make it abundantly clear where the month and day is supposed to be represented.<br><br><br>Thanks,<br>Dimitris.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The parenthetical is probably too much, but you get the idea. And then the three instances of "in any one of the common date formats” could just be deleted.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Clint<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 9, 2024, at 8:55<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM, Corey Bonnell via Validation <a href="mailto:validation@cabforum.org"><validation@cabforum.org></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Some time ago, I presented [1] a ballot proposal on improving the requirements for the Registration Number value in the EVGs. Here is the current proposal:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/main...CBonnell:servercert:govt-entity-serial-number"><span style='color:#467886'>https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/main...CBonnell:servercert:govt-entity-serial-number</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On the call where the proposal was presented, there was a desire to explore standardizing date formats for the Date of Formation. Is this something that we would like to see added to the ballot? For the sake of minimizing scope of the ballot, I’m in favor of moving forward without such a requirement, but will certainly be happy to incorporate if there are strong feelings that such a requirement should be added in this ballot.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Corey</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>[1]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/validation/2024-July/001997.html"><span style='color:#467886'>https://lists.cabforum.org/pipermail/validation/2024-July/001997.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>Validation mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:Validation@cabforum.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>Validation@cabforum.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/validation"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/validation</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Validation mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Validation@cabforum.org">Validation@cabforum.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/validation">https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/validation</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>