Ballot 119 – Remove “OfIncorporation” from OID descriptions in EVG 9.2.5(passed)

Ballot overview

• Ballot 119 removes the string OfIncorporation from the OID names in EV Guidelines section 9.2.5, which is titled Subject Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Registration Field.
• The ballot says the existing OID names are overly specific and could be misleading because not all business entities with EV certificates are corporations.
• The motion amends the three certificate fields for locality, state or province, and country.

Outcome

• Result: Ballot passed.
• Yea votes were cast by ANF, Certinomis, Comodo, DigiCert, GlobalSign, Izenpe, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SECOM Trust, SSC, StartCom, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustis, WoSign, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla.
• Nay votes: None.
• Abstentions: None.

Timing

• Review period: 2014-03-10 2200 UTC to 2014-03-17 2200 UTC.
• Voting period: starts immediately after the review period and closes 2014-03-24 2200 UTC.

Required changes

• Delete OfIncorporation from the OID names in section 9.2.5 so the fields are:
  • subject:jurisdictionLocalityName
  • subject:jurisdictionStateOrProvinceName
  • subject:jurisdictionCountryName
• The contents rules remain tied to the level of the Incorporating Agency or Registration Agency and specify which jurisdiction details must or must not be included.
• Country information must use the applicable ISO country code.
• State or province or locality information, where applicable, must use the full name of the applicable jurisdiction.