From 22915aac93e7c7065880b78b2bfa85685b54b069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt Zeilenga Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:20:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More OID clarifications. --- doc/guide/admin/schema.sdf | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/schema.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/schema.sdf index c849d86b29..91cf0cb8c0 100644 --- a/doc/guide/admin/schema.sdf +++ b/doc/guide/admin/schema.sdf @@ -94,19 +94,19 @@ OID Assignment !endblock You are, of course, free to design a hierarchy suitable to your -organizational needs under your organization's OID. No matter -what hierarchy you choose, you should maintain a registry of -assignments you make. This can be a simple flat file or -something more sophisticated such as the {{OpenLDAP OID Registry}} +organizational needs under your organization's OID. No matter what +hierarchy you choose, you should maintain a registry of assignments +you make. This can be a simple flat file or something more +sophisticated such as the {{OpenLDAP OID Registry}} ({{URL:http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=197}}). -For more information about Object Identifers (and a listing -service) see {{URL:http://www.alvestrand.no/harald/objectid/}}. +For more information about Object Identifers (and a listing service) +see {{URL:http://www.alvestrand.no/harald/objectid/}}. -.{{Under no circumstances should you hijack OID namespace!}} +.{{Under no circumstances should you hijack OID namespace!}} -To obtain a fully registered OID at {{no cost}}, apply for an OID -under the {{ORG[expand]IANA}} (IANA) maintained {{Private Enterprise}} +To obtain a registered OID at {{no cost}}, apply for an OID under +the {{ORG[expand]IANA}} (IANA) maintained {{Private Enterprise}} arc. Any private enterprise (organization) may request an OID to be assigned under this arc. Just fill out the {{ORG:IANA}} form at {{URL: http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/enterprise.pl}} and your @@ -114,15 +114,15 @@ official OID will be sent to you usually within a few days. Your base OID will be something like {{EX:1.3.6.1.4.1.X}} where {{EX:X}} is an integer. -Note: Don't let the "MIB/SNMP" statement on the IANA page confuse you. -OIDs obtained using this form may be used for any purpose including -identifying LDAP schema elements. +Note: Don't let the "MIB/SNMP" statement on the IANA page confuse +you. OIDs obtained using this form may be used for any purpose +including identifying LDAP schema elements. Alternatively, OID name space may be available from a national authority (e.g., ANSI). -For private experiments, OIDs under {{EX:1.1}} may be used. The OID -{{EX:1.1}} arc is dead name space. +For private experiments, OIDs under {{EX:1.1}} may be used. The +OID {{EX:1.1}} arc is regarded as dead name space. H3: Name Prefix -- 2.39.5