MRNValidation

A Java library for MRN validation (registered in the Maven repository: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.maritimeconnectivity.mrn/mrn-validation )

What is MRN?

Maritime Resource Name (MRN)is a naming scheme under Uniform Resource Name (URN) that can uniquely identify any maritime resource on a global scale, hosted by IALA. This implementation is based on the version 1 of MRN proposed by Kasper Nielsen. (https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-formal/mrn)

How to use

• Checking MRN compliance

  java -jar target/mrn-validation-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar --mrn "urn:mrn:mcp:user:granpa:thomas"

Expected result of the command above:

  [main] INFO net.maritimeconnectivity.mrn.Main - PASS: urn:mrn:mcp:user:granpa:thomas is valid.

• Checking MRN compliance with custom regex

  java -jar target/mrn-validation-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar --mrn "urn:mrn:mcp:user:granpa:thomas" --regex "^urn:mrn:mcp:(device|org|user|vessel|service|mms):([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9]|-){0,20}[a-z0-9]):((([-._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]|([!$&'()*+,;=])|:|@)((([-._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]|([!$&'()*+,;=])|:|@)|/)*)$"

Expected result of the command above:

  [main] INFO net.maritimeconnectivity.mrn.Main - PASS: urn:mrn:mcp:user:granpa:thomas is valid.

• Checking MCP MRN compliance

  java -jar target/mrn-validation-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar --mrn "urn:mrn:mcp:user:granpa:thomas" --mcp

Expected result of the command above:

  [main] INFO net.maritimeconnectivity.mrn.Main - PASS: urn:mrn:mcp:user:granpa:thomas is valid as an MCP MRN.

Build

In the root folder of the repository,

  mvn clean install

Prerequisite

The MRN validation of this implementation is based on the regular expression (REGEX), which can be obtained from a MRN syntax through several steps. In the example with the official MRN syntax,

  <MRN>   ::= "urn" ":" "mrn" ":" <OID> ":" <OSS>
              [ rq-components ]
              [ "#" f-component ]
  <OID>   ::= (alphanum) 0*20(alphanum / "-") (alphanum) ; Organization ID
  <OSS>   ::= <OSNID> ":" <OSNS> ; Organization-specific string
  <OSNID> ::= (alphanum) 0*32(alphanum / "-") (alphanum) ; Organization-specific namespace ID
  <OSNS>  ::= pchar *(pchar / "/") ; Organization-specific namespace string

This could be converted to the pure Augmented Backus–Naur form (ABNF) as below:

mrn = "urn" ":" "mrn" ":" oid ":" oss [rq-components] [ "#" f-component ]
oid = (alphanum) 0*20((alphanum) / "-") (alphanum) ; Organization ID
oss = osnid ":" osns ; Organization-specific string
osnid = (alphanum) 0*20((alphanum) / "-") (alphanum) ; Organization-specific namespace ID
osns = pchar *(pchar / "/") ; Organization-specific namespace string
rq-components = [ "?+" r-component ][ "?=" q-component ] ; rfc8141
r-component = pchar *( pchar / "/" / "?" ) ; rfc8141
q-component = pchar *( pchar / "/" / "?" ) ; rfc8141
f-component   = fragment ; rfc8141
fragment = *( pchar / "/" / "?" ) ; ; rfc3986
alphanum = ALPHA / DIGIT ; rfc3986
pchar = unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" / "@" ; rfc3986
unreserved = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~" ; rfc3986
pct-encoded = "%" HEXDIG HEXDIG ; rfc3986
sub-delims = "!" / "$" / "&" / "'" / "(" / ")" / "*" / "+" / "," / ";" / "=" ; rfc3986

You can practice the generation of valid ABNF and corresponding REGEX by online tools, for example: https://abnf.msweet.org/.

The corresponding raw REGEX of the MRN syntax is:

mrn: ^[Uu][Rr][Nn]\:[Mm][Rr][Nn]\:([A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9]|\-){0,20}[A-Za-z0-9])\:([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9]{0,20}[A-Za-z0-9])\:((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)|/)*)((\?\+((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)|/|\?)*))?(\?\=((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)|/|\?)*))?)?(#(((([-A-Z._a-z0-9]|~)|%[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]|(\!|\$|&|'|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|;|\=)|\:|@)|/|\?)*))?$

You can also practice with REGEX and the MRN complying with it by online tools, for example: https://regex101.com/.

Motivation

MRN validation has been motivated for MRNs in Maritime Connectivity Platform (MCP).