There is such a system: DNS. Why in heavens name did we invent a new one?
On 8 Mar 2005, at 12:44h, Thomas Beale wrote: > Bert Verhees wrote: > >> >> Now I must tell them they have to recognize the InsuranceNumbere from >> the OID which points to InsuranceCompany, somewhere??. >> >> There has to be a service on the Internet where one can translate >> OID's to friendly names, something like DNS for IP. Or else, this >> system cannot work > > right - this is the problem with OIDs - they only really work if they > are in global, ubiquitous use. I don't see this happening. > > - thomas > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > Met vriendelijke groeten, Jan Dockx PeopleWare NV - Head Office Cdt.Weynsstraat 85 B-2660 Hoboken Tel: +32 3 448.33.38 Fax: +32 3 448.32.66 PeopleWare NV - Branch Office Geel Kleinhoefstraat 5 B-2440 Geel Tel: +32 14 57.00.90 Fax: +32 14 58.13.25 http://www.peopleware.be/ http://www.mobileware.be/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1696 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20050308/f640f4d2/attachment.bin>
