I am looking at some MIBs for a Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) and I see some
examples of Object IDs that I don't understand.

In those examples, some objects in the DMS MIB definition have the Object Id
finished with a 0 (zero) such as:

"1.3.6.1.4.1.1206.4.2.3.4.8.0"

where the standard would call for only

"1.3.6.1.4.1.1206.4.2.3.4.8"

What is the significance of that final "0"? I tried to read the RFC 1212 -
Concise MIB Definitions, and I found the following reference:

"If the INDEX clause is not present, and the object type corresponds
to a non-columnar object, then instances of the object are identified
by appending a sub-identifier of zero to the name of that object."

Is this the correct justification for having that ) there?

Also, for objects defined as Sequence Of, an "INDEX" clause is present in
the Object's definition. The example has in that case 2 extra integers, such
as:

"1.3.6.1.4.1.1206.4.2.3.5.8.1.1.3.1"

instead of just

"1.3.6.1.4.1.1206.4.2.3.5.8.1.1"

I think that the last two integers are used to identify (first) the selected
member/field of the sequence type and (second) the index of the sequence
within the SEQUENCE OF type.

Can anybody confirm these suppositions and/or eventually to point me to some
readings that can clarify these aspects?

Thanks in advance,
Eddie


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