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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                   A. Backman, Ed.
Request for Comments: 9493                                        Amazon
Category: Standards Track                                   M. Scurtescu
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                 Coinbase
                                                                 P. Jain
                                                                  Fastly
                                                           December 2023


             Subject Identifiers for Security Event Tokens

Abstract

   Security events communicated within Security Event Tokens may support
   a variety of identifiers to identify subjects related to the event.
   This specification formalizes the notion of Subject Identifiers as
   structured information that describes a subject and named formats
   that define the syntax and semantics for encoding Subject Identifiers
   as JSON objects.  It also establishes a registry for defining and
   allocating names for such formats as well as the JSON Web Token (JWT)
   "sub_id" Claim.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction
   2.  Notational Conventions
     2.1.  Definitions
   3.  Subject Identifiers
     3.1.  Identifier Formats versus Principal Types
     3.2.  Identifier Format Definitions
       3.2.1.  Account Identifier Format
       3.2.2.  Email Identifier Format
       3.2.3.  Issuer and Subject Identifier Format
       3.2.4.  Opaque Identifier Format
       3.2.5.  Phone Number Identifier Format
       3.2.6.  Decentralized Identifier (DID) Format
       3.2.7.  Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Format
       3.2.8.  Aliases Identifier Format
   4.  Subject Identifiers in JWTs
     4.1.  JWT "sub_id" Claim
     4.2.  JWT "sub_id" Claim and "iss_sub" Subject Identifier
   5.  Considerations for Specifications that Define Identifier
           Formats
   6.  Privacy Considerations
     6.1.  Identifier Correlation
   7.  Security Considerations
   8.  IANA Considerations
     8.1.  Security Event Identifier Formats Registry
       8.1.1.  Registration Template
       8.1.2.  Initial Registry Contents
       8.1.3.  Guidance for Expert Reviewers
     8.2.  JSON Web Token Claims Registration
       8.2.1.  Registry Contents
   9.  References
     9.1.  Normative References
     9.2.  Informative References
   Acknowledgements
   Authors' Addresses

1.  Introduction

   As described in Section 1.2 of [RFC8417] ("Security Event Token
   (SET)"), subjects related to security events may take a variety of
   forms, including but not limited to a JWT [RFC7519] principal, an IP
   address, a URL, etc.  Different types of subjects may need to be
   identified in different ways (e.g., a user might be identified by an
   email address, a phone number, or an account number).  Furthermore,
   even in the case where the type of the subject is known, there may be
   multiple ways by which a given subject may be identified.  For
   example, an account may be identified by an opaque identifier, an
   email address, a phone number, a JWT "iss" Claim and "sub" Claim,
   etc., depending on the nature and needs of the transmitter and
   receiver.  Even within the context of a given transmitter and
   receiver relationship, it may be appropriate to identify different
   accounts in different ways, for example, if some accounts only have
   email addresses associated with them while others only have phone
   numbers.  Therefore, it can be necessary to indicate within a SET the
   mechanism by which a subject is being identified.

   To address this problem, this specification defines Subject
   Identifiers as JSON [RFC8259] objects containing information
   identifying a subject and defines Identifier Formats as named sets of
   rules describing how to encode different kinds of subject-identifying
   information (e.g., an email address or an issuer and subject pair) as
   a Subject Identifier.

   Below is a non-normative example of a Subject Identifier that
   identifies a subject by email address, using the Email Identifier
   Format.

   {
     "format": "email",
     "email": "user@example.com"
   }

      Figure 1: Example: Subject Identifier Using the Email Identifier
                                   Format

   Subject Identifiers are intended to be a general-purpose mechanism
   for identifying subjects within JSON objects, and their usage need
   not be limited to SETs.  Below is a non-normative example of a JWT
   that uses a Subject Identifier in the JWT "sub_id" Claim (defined in
   this specification) to identify the JWT Subject.

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "phone_number",
       "phone_number": "+12065550100"
     }
   }

       Figure 2: Example: JWT Using a Subject Identifier with the JWT
                               "sub_id" Claim

   Usage of Subject Identifiers also need not be limited to identifying
   JWT Subjects.  They are intended as a general-purpose means of
   expressing identifying information in an unambiguous manner.  Below
   is a non-normative example of a SET containing a hypothetical
   security event describing the interception of a message, using
   Subject Identifiers to identify the sender, intended recipient, and
   interceptor.

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "iat": 1508184845,
     "aud": "aud.example.com",
     "events": {
       "https://secevent.example.com/events/message-interception": {
         "from": {
           "format": "email",
           "email": "alice@example.com"
         },
         "to": {
           "format": "email",
           "email": "bob@example.com"
         },
         "interceptor": {
           "format": "email",
           "email": "eve@example.com"
         }
       }
     }
   }

      Figure 3: Example: SET with an Event Payload Containing Multiple
                            Subject Identifiers

2.  Notational Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.1.  Definitions

   This specification utilizes terminology defined in [RFC8259] and
   [RFC8417].

   Within this specification, the terms "Subject" and "subject" refer
   generically to anything being identified via one or more pieces of
   information.  The term "JWT Subject" refers specifically to the
   subject of a JWT (i.e., the subject that the JWT asserts claims
   about).

3.  Subject Identifiers

   A Subject Identifier is a JSON object [RFC8259] whose contents may be
   used to identify a subject within some context.  An Identifier Format
   is a named definition of a set of information that may be used to
   identify a subject and the rules for encoding that information as a
   Subject Identifier; these rules define the syntax and semantics of
   Subject Identifiers.  A Subject Identifier MUST conform to a specific
   Identifier Format and MUST contain a "format" member whose value is
   the name of that Identifier Format.

   Every Identifier Format MUST have a unique name registered in the
   IANA "Security Event Identifier Formats" registry established in
   Section 8.1 or a Collision-Resistant Name as defined in [RFC7519].
   Identifier Formats that are expected to be used broadly by a variety
   of parties SHOULD be registered in the "Security Event Identifier
   Formats" registry.

   An Identifier Format MAY describe more members than are strictly
   necessary to identify a subject and MAY describe conditions under
   which those members are required, optional, or prohibited.  The
   "format" member is reserved for use as described in this
   specification; Identifier Formats MUST NOT declare any rules
   regarding the "format" member.

   Every member within a Subject Identifier MUST match the rules
   specified for that member by this specification or by a Subject
   Identifier's Identifier Format.  A Subject Identifier MUST NOT
   contain any members prohibited or not described by its Identifier
   Format and MUST contain all members required by its Identifier
   Format.

3.1.  Identifier Formats versus Principal Types

   Identifier Formats define how to encode identifying information for a
   subject.  Unlike Principal Types, they do not define the type or
   nature of the subject itself.  For example, while the Email
   Identifier Format declares that the value of the "email" member is an
   email address, a subject in a security event that is identified by an
   Email Subject Identifier could be an end user who controls that email
   address, the mailbox itself, or anything else that the transmitter
   and receiver both understand to be associated with that email
   address.  Consequently, Subject Identifiers remove ambiguity around
   how a subject is being identified and how to parse an identifying
   structure, but they do not remove ambiguity around how to resolve
   that identifier for a subject.  For example, consider a directory
   management API that allows callers to identify users and groups
   through both opaque unique identifiers and email addresses.  Such an
   API could use Subject Identifiers to disambiguate between which of
   these two types of identifiers is in use.  However, the API would
   have to determine whether the subject is a user or group via some
   other means, such as by querying a database, interpreting other
   parameters in the request, or inferring the type from the API
   contract.

3.2.  Identifier Format Definitions

   The following Identifier Formats are registered in the IANA "Security
   Event Identifier Formats" registry established in Section 8.1.

   Since the Subject Identifier Format conveys semantic information,
   applications SHOULD choose the most specific possible format for the
   identifier in question.  For example, an email address can be
   conveyed using a "mailto:" URI and the URI Identifier Format, but
   since the value is known to be an email address, the application
   should prefer to use the Email Identifier Format instead.

3.2.1.  Account Identifier Format

   The Account Identifier Format identifies a subject using an account
   at a service provider, identified with an "acct" URI as defined in
   [RFC7565].  An account is an arrangement or agreement through which a
   user gets access to a service and gets a unique identity with the
   service provider.  Subject Identifiers in this format MUST contain a
   "uri" member whose value is the "acct" URI for the subject.  The
   "uri" member is REQUIRED and MUST NOT be null or empty.  The Account
   Identifier Format is identified by a value of "account" in the
   "format" member.

   Below is a non-normative example Subject Identifier for the Account
   Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "account",
     "uri": "acct:example.user@service.example.com"
   }

      Figure 4: Example: Subject Identifier for the Account Identifier
                                   Format

3.2.2.  Email Identifier Format

   The Email Identifier Format identifies a subject using an email
   address.  Subject Identifiers in this format MUST contain an "email"
   member whose value is a string containing the email address of the
   subject, formatted as an "addr-spec" as defined in Section 3.4.1 of
   [RFC5322].  The "email" member is REQUIRED and MUST NOT be null or
   empty.  The value of the "email" member MUST identify a mailbox to
   which email may be delivered, in accordance with [RFC5321].  The
   Email Identifier Format is identified by the name "email".

   Below is a non-normative example Subject Identifier in the Email
   Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "email",
     "email": "user@example.com"
   }

    Figure 5: Example: Subject Identifier in the Email Identifier Format

3.2.2.1.  Email Canonicalization

   Many email providers will treat multiple email addresses as
   equivalent.  While the domain portion of an email address [RFC5322]
   is consistently treated as case-insensitive per [RFC1034], most
   providers treat the local part of the email address as case-
   insensitive as well and consider "user@example.com",
   "User@example.com", and "USER@example.com" as the same email address.
   Some providers also treat dots (".") as optional; for example,
   "user.name@example.com", "username@example.com",
   "u.s.e.r.name@example.com", and "u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@example.com" might
   all be treated as equivalent.  This has led users to view these
   strings as equivalent, driving service providers to implement
   proprietary email canonicalization algorithms to ensure that email
   addresses entered by users resolve to the same canonical string.
   Email canonicalization is not standardized, and there is no way for
   the event recipient to determine the mail provider's canonicalization
   method.  Therefore, the recipient SHOULD apply its own
   canonicalization algorithm to incoming events in order to reproduce
   the translation done by the local email system.

3.2.3.  Issuer and Subject Identifier Format

   The Issuer and Subject Identifier Format identifies a subject using a
   pair of "iss" and "sub" members, analogous to how subjects are
   identified using the JWT "iss" and "sub" Claims in OpenID Connect
   [OpenID.Core] ID Tokens.  These members MUST follow the formats of
   the "iss" member and "sub" member defined by [RFC7519], respectively.
   Both the "iss" member and the "sub" member are REQUIRED and MUST NOT
   be null or empty.  The Issuer and Subject Identifier Format is
   identified by the name "iss_sub".

   Below is a non-normative example Subject Identifier in the Issuer and
   Subject Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "iss_sub",
     "iss": "https://issuer.example.com/",
     "sub": "145234573"
   }

      Figure 6: Example: Subject Identifier in the Issuer and Subject
                             Identifier Format

3.2.4.  Opaque Identifier Format

   The Opaque Identifier Format describes a subject that is identified
   with a string with no semantics asserted beyond its usage as an
   identifier for the subject, such as a Universally Unique Identifier
   (UUID) or hash used as a surrogate identifier for a record in a
   database.  Subject Identifiers in this format MUST contain an "id"
   member whose value is a JSON string containing the opaque string
   identifier for the subject.  The "id" member is REQUIRED and MUST NOT
   be null or empty.  The Opaque Identifier Format is identified by the
   name "opaque".

   Below is a non-normative example Subject Identifier in the Opaque
   Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "opaque",
     "id": "11112222333344445555"
   }

   Figure 7: Example: Subject Identifier in the Opaque Identifier Format

3.2.5.  Phone Number Identifier Format

   The Phone Number Identifier Format identifies a subject using a
   telephone number.  Subject Identifiers in this format MUST contain a
   "phone_number" member whose value is a string containing the full
   telephone number of the subject, including an international dialing
   prefix, formatted according to E.164 [E164].  The "phone_number"
   member is REQUIRED and MUST NOT be null or empty.  The Phone Number
   Identifier Format is identified by the name "phone_number".

   Below is a non-normative example Subject Identifier in the Phone
   Number Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "phone_number",
     "phone_number": "+12065550100"
   }

         Figure 8: Example: Subject Identifier in the Phone Number
                             Identifier Format

3.2.6.  Decentralized Identifier (DID) Format

   The Decentralized Identifier (DID) Format identifies a subject using
   a DID URL as defined in [DID].  Subject Identifiers in this format
   MUST contain a "url" member whose value is a DID URL for the DID
   Subject being identified.  The value of the "url" member MUST be a
   valid DID URL and MAY be a bare DID.  The "url" member is REQUIRED
   and MUST NOT be null or empty.  The Decentralized Identifier Format
   is identified by the name "did".

   Below are non-normative example Subject Identifiers for the
   Decentralized Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "did",
     "url": "did:example:123456"
   }

        Figure 9: Example: Subject Identifier for the Decentralized
          Identifier Format, Identifying a Subject with a Bare DID

   {
     "format": "did",
     "url": "did:example:123456/did/url/path?versionId=1"
   }

        Figure 10: Example: Subject Identifier for the Decentralized
     Identifier Format, Identifying a Subject with a DID URL with Non-
                      empty Path and Query Components

3.2.7.  Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Format

   The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Format identifies a subject
   using a URI as defined in [RFC3986].  This Identifier Format makes no
   assumptions or guarantees with regard to the content, scheme, or
   reachability of the URI within the field.  Subject Identifiers in
   this format MUST contain a "uri" member whose value is a URI for the
   subject being identified.  The "uri" member is REQUIRED and MUST NOT
   be null or empty.  The URI Format is identified by the name "uri".

   Below are non-normative example Subject Identifiers for the URI
   Format:

   {
     "format": "uri",
     "uri": "https://user.example.com/"
   }

         Figure 11: Example: Subject Identifier for the URI Format,
                  Identifying a Subject with a Website URI

   {
     "format": "uri",
     "uri": "urn:uuid:4e851e98-83c4-4743-a5da-150ecb53042f"
   }

         Figure 12: Example: Subject Identifier for the URI Format,
                  Identifying a Subject with a Random URN

3.2.8.  Aliases Identifier Format

   The Aliases Identifier Format describes a subject that is identified
   with a list of different Subject Identifiers.  It is intended for use
   when a variety of identifiers have been shared with the party that
   will be interpreting the Subject Identifier, and it is unknown which
   of those identifiers they will recognize or support.  Subject
   Identifiers in this format MUST contain an "identifiers" member whose
   value is a JSON array containing one or more Subject Identifiers.
   Each Subject Identifier in the array MUST identify the same entity.
   The "identifiers" member is REQUIRED and MUST NOT be null or empty.
   It MAY contain multiple instances of the same Identifier Format
   (e.g., multiple Email Subject Identifiers) but SHOULD NOT contain
   exact duplicates.  This format is identified by the name "aliases".

   "aliases" Subject Identifiers MUST NOT be nested, i.e., the
   "identifiers" member of an "aliases" Subject Identifier MUST NOT
   contain a Subject Identifier in the Aliases Identifier Format.

   Below is a non-normative example Subject Identifier in the Aliases
   Identifier Format:

   {
     "format": "aliases",
     "identifiers": [
       {
         "format": "email",
         "email": "user@example.com"
       },
       {
         "format": "phone_number",
         "phone_number": "+12065550100"
       },
       {
         "format": "email",
         "email": "user+qualifier@example.com"
       }
     ]
   }

      Figure 13: Example: Subject Identifier in the Aliases Identifier
                                   Format

4.  Subject Identifiers in JWTs

4.1.  JWT "sub_id" Claim

   The JWT "sub" Claim is defined in Section 4.1.2 of [RFC7519] as
   containing a string value; therefore, it cannot contain a Subject
   Identifier (which is a JSON object) as its value.  This document
   defines the JWT "sub_id" Claim, in accordance with Section 4.2 of
   [RFC7519], as a common claim that identifies the JWT Subject using a
   Subject Identifier.  When present, the value of this claim MUST be a
   Subject Identifier that identifies the subject of the JWT.  The JWT
   "sub_id" Claim MAY be included in a JWT, whether or not the JWT "sub"
   Claim is present.  When both the JWT "sub" and "sub_id" Claims are
   present in a JWT, they MUST identify the same subject, as a JWT has
   one and only one JWT Subject.

   When processing a JWT with both JWT "sub" and "sub_id" Claims,
   implementations MUST NOT rely on both claims to determine the JWT
   Subject.  An implementation MAY attempt to determine the JWT Subject
   from one claim and fall back to using the other if it determines it
   does not understand the format of the first claim.  For example, an
   implementation may attempt to use "sub_id" and fall back to using
   "sub" upon finding that "sub_id" contains a Subject Identifier with a
   format that is not recognized by the implementation.

   Below are non-normative examples of JWTs containing the JWT "sub_id"
   Claim:

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "email",
       "email": "user@example.com"
     }
   }

       Figure 14: Example: JWT Containing a JWT "sub_id" Claim and No
                                "sub" Claim

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "sub": "user@example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "email",
       "email": "user@example.com"
     }
   }

      Figure 15: Example: JWT Where the JWT "sub" and "sub_id" Claims
             Identify the JWT Subject Using the Same Identifier

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "sub": "liz@example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "email",
       "email": "elizabeth@example.com"
     }
   }

      Figure 16: Example: JWT Where the JWT "sub" and "sub_id" Claims
        Identify the JWT Subject Using Different Values of the Same
                              Identifier Type

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "sub": "user@example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "account",
       "uri": "acct:example.user@service.example.com"
     }
   }

      Figure 17: Example: JWT Where the JWT "sub" and "sub_id" Claims
        Identify the JWT Subject via Different Types of Identifiers

4.2.  JWT "sub_id" Claim and "iss_sub" Subject Identifier

   The JWT "sub_id" Claim MAY contain an "iss_sub" Subject Identifier.
   In this case, the JWT's "iss" Claim and the Subject Identifier's
   "iss" member MAY be different.  For example, an OpenID Connect
   [OpenID.Core] client may construct such a JWT when sending JWTs back
   to its OpenID Connect Identity Provider in order to identify the JWT
   Subject using an identifier known to be understood by both parties.
   Similarly, the JWT's "sub" Claim and the Subject Identifier's "sub"
   member MAY be different.  For example, this may be used by an OpenID
   Connect client to communicate the JWT Subject's local identifier at
   the client back to its Identity Provider.

   Below are non-normative examples of a JWT where the JWT "iss" Claim
   and "iss" member within the JWT "sub_id" Claim are the same and a JWT
   where they are different.

   {
     "iss": "issuer.example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "iss_sub",
       "iss": "issuer.example.com",
       "sub": "example_user"
     }
   }

        Figure 18: Example: JWT with an "iss_sub" Subject Identifier
          Where the JWT Issuer and JWT Subject Issuer Are the Same

   {
     "iss": "client.example.com",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "iss_sub",
       "iss": "issuer.example.com",
       "sub": "example_user"
     }
   }

        Figure 19: Example: JWT with an "iss_sub" Subject Identifier
         Where the JWT Issuer and JWT Subject Issuer Are Different

   {
     "iss": "client.example.com",
     "sub": "client_user",
     "sub_id": {
       "format": "iss_sub",
       "iss": "issuer.example.com",
       "sub": "example_user"
     }
   }

        Figure 20: Example: JWT with an "iss_sub" Subject Identifier
          Where the JWT "iss" and "sub" Claims Differ from the JWT
                     Subject's "iss" and "sub" Members

5.  Considerations for Specifications that Define Identifier Formats

   Identifier Format definitions MUST NOT make assertions or
   declarations regarding the subject being identified by the Subject
   Identifier (e.g., an Identifier Format cannot be defined as
   specifically identifying human end users).  Such statements are
   outside the scope of Identifier Formats and Subject Identifiers.
   Expanding that scope for some Identifier Formats but not others would
   harm interoperability because applications that depend on this
   expanded scope to disambiguate the subject type would be unable to
   use Identifier Formats that do not provide such rules.

6.  Privacy Considerations

6.1.  Identifier Correlation

   The act of presenting two or more identifiers for a single subject
   together (e.g., within an "aliases" Subject Identifier or via the JWT
   "sub" and "sub_id" Claims) may communicate more information about the
   subject than was intended.  For example, the entity to which the
   identifiers are presented now knows that both identifiers relate to
   the same subject and may be able to correlate additional data based
   on that.  When transmitting Subject Identifiers, the transmitter
   SHOULD take care that they are only transmitting multiple identifiers
   together when it is known that the recipient already knows that the
   identifiers are related (e.g., because they were previously sent to
   the recipient as claims in an OpenID Connect ID Token) or when
   correlation is essential to the use case.  Implementers must consider
   such risks, and specifications that use Subject Identifiers must
   provide appropriate privacy considerations of their own.

   The considerations described in Section 6 of [RFC8417] also apply
   when Subject Identifiers are used within SETs.  The considerations
   described in Section 12 of [RFC7519] also apply when Subject
   Identifiers are used within JWTs.

7.  Security Considerations

   This specification does not define any mechanism for ensuring the
   confidentiality or integrity of a Subject Identifier.  Where such
   properties are required, implementations MUST use mechanisms provided
   by the containing format (e.g., integrity protecting SETs or JWTs
   using JSON Web Signature (JWS) [RFC7515]) or at the transport layer
   or other layer in the application stack (e.g., using TLS [RFC8446]).

   Further considerations regarding confidentiality and integrity of
   SETs can be found in Section 5.1 of [RFC8417].

8.  IANA Considerations

8.1.  Security Event Identifier Formats Registry

   This document defines Identifier Formats, for which IANA has created
   and maintains a new registry titled "Security Event Identifier
   Formats".  Initial values for the "Security Event Identifier Formats"
   registry are given in Section 3.  Future assignments are to be made
   through the Specification Required registration policy [BCP26] and
   shall follow the template presented in Section 8.1.1.

   It is suggested that multiple designated experts be appointed who are
   able to represent the perspectives of different applications using
   this specification in order to enable broadly informed review of
   registration decisions.

8.1.1.  Registration Template

   Format Name:
      The name of the Identifier Format, as described in Section 3.  The
      name MUST be an ASCII string consisting only of lowercase
      characters ("a" - "z"), digits ("0" - "9"), underscores ("_"), and
      hyphens ("-") and SHOULD NOT exceed 20 characters in length.

   Format Description:
      A brief description of the Identifier Format.

   Change Controller:
      For formats defined in documents published by the IETF or its
      working groups, list "IETF".  For all other formats, list the name
      of the party responsible for the registration.  Contact
      information, such as mailing address, email address, or phone
      number, must also be provided.

   Reference:
      A reference to the document or documents that define the
      Identifier Format.  The reference document(s) MUST specify the
      name, format, and meaning of each member that may occur within a
      Subject Identifier of the defined format as well as whether each
      member is optional, required, or conditional and the circumstances
      under which these optional or conditional fields would be used.
      URIs that can be used to retrieve copies of each document SHOULD
      be included.

8.1.2.  Initial Registry Contents

8.1.2.1.  Account Identifier Format

   Format Name:  account
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on "acct" URI
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.2.  Email Identifier Format

   Format Name:  email
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on an email address
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.3.  Issuer and Subject Identifier Format

   Format Name:  iss_sub
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on an issuer and
      subject
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.4.  Opaque Identifier Format

   Format Name:  opaque
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on an opaque string
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.5.  Phone Number Identifier Format

   Format Name:  phone_number
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on a phone number
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.6.  Decentralized Identifier Format

   Format Name:  did
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on a decentralized
      identifier (DID)
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.7.  Uniform Resource Identifier Format

   Format Name:  uri
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier based on a Uniform Resource
      Identifier (URI)
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.2.8.  Aliases Identifier Format

   Format Name:  aliases
   Format Description:  Subject Identifier that groups together multiple
      different Subject Identifiers for the same subject
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 3 of RFC 9493

8.1.3.  Guidance for Expert Reviewers

   The Expert Reviewer is expected to review the documentation
   referenced in a registration request to verify its completeness.  The
   Expert Reviewer must base their decision to accept or reject the
   request on a fair and impartial assessment of the request.  If the
   Expert Reviewer has a conflict of interest, such as being an author
   of a defining document referenced by the request, they must recuse
   themselves from the approval process for that request.

   Identifier Formats need not be generally applicable and may be highly
   specific to a particular domain; it is expected that formats may be
   registered for niche or industry-specific use cases.  The Expert
   Reviewer should focus on whether the format is thoroughly documented
   and whether its registration will promote or harm interoperability.
   In most cases, the Expert Reviewer should not approve a request if
   the registration would contribute to confusion or amount to a synonym
   for an existing format.

8.2.  JSON Web Token Claims Registration

   This document defines the JWT "sub_id" Claim, which IANA has
   registered in the "JSON Web Token Claims" registry [IANA.JWT.Claims]
   established by [RFC7519].

8.2.1.  Registry Contents

   Claim Name:  sub_id
   Claim Description:  Subject Identifier
   Change Controller:  IETF
   Reference:  Section 4.1 of RFC 9493

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [BCP26]    Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, June 2017.

              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp26>

   [DID]      Sporny, M., Ed., Guy, A., Ed., Sabadello, M., Ed., Reed,
              D., Ed., Longley, D., Steele, O., and C. Allen,
              "Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0", July 2022,
              <https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/>.

   [E164]     ITU-T, "E.164: The international public telecommunication
              numbering plan", ITU-T Recommendation E.164, November
              2010, <https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.164-201011-I/en>.

   [IANA.JWT.Claims]
              IANA, "JSON Web Token Claims",
              <https://www.iana.org/assignments/jwt>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3986]  Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
              Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66,
              RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986>.

   [RFC5321]  Klensin, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC 5321,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5321, October 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5321>.

   [RFC5322]  Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5322, October 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5322>.

   [RFC7519]  Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Token
              (JWT)", RFC 7519, DOI 10.17487/RFC7519, May 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7519>.

   [RFC7565]  Saint-Andre, P., "The 'acct' URI Scheme", RFC 7565,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7565, May 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7565>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8259]  Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8259, December 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8259>.

   [RFC8417]  Hunt, P., Ed., Jones, M., Denniss, W., and M. Ansari,
              "Security Event Token (SET)", RFC 8417,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8417, July 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8417>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [OpenID.Core]
              Sakimura, N., Bradley, J., Jones, M., de Medeiros, B., and
              C. Mortimore, "OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating
              errata set 1", November 2014,
              <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html>.

   [RFC1034]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities",
              STD 13, RFC 1034, DOI 10.17487/RFC1034, November 1987,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1034>.

   [RFC7515]  Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web
              Signature (JWS)", RFC 7515, DOI 10.17487/RFC7515, May
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7515>.

   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.

Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank the members of the IETF Security
   Events Working Group, as well as those of the OpenID Shared Signals
   and Events Working Group, whose work provided the original basis for
   this document.  We would also like to acknowledge Aaron Parecki,
   Denis Pinkas, Justin Richer, Mike Jones, and other members of the
   working group for reviewing this document.

Authors' Addresses

   Annabelle Backman (editor)
   Amazon
   Email: richanna@amazon.com


   Marius Scurtescu
   Coinbase
   Email: marius.scurtescu@coinbase.com


   Prachi Jain
   Fastly
   Email: prachi.jain1288@gmail.com