VO Naming

The VO name MUST be formatted as a subdomain name as specified in RFC 1034 section 3.5. The VO Manager of a VO using a thus- formatted name MUST be entitled to the use of this name, when interpreted as a name in the Internet Domain Name System. This entitlement MUST stem either from a direct delegation of the corresponding name in the Domain Name System by an accredited registrar for the next-higher level subdomain, or from a direct delegation of the equivalent name in the Domain Name System by ICANN, or from the consent of the administrative or operational contact of the next-higher equivalent subdomain name for that VO name that itself is registered with such an accredited registrar.

Considering that RFC1034 section 3.5 states that both upper case and lower case letters are allowed, but no significance is to be attached to the case, but that today the software handling VO names may still be case sensisitive, all VO names MUST be entirely in lower case.