Ben Laurie wrote:
> > What I'm trying to figure out is how I will best get together all the
> > information from reading a number of ASN.1 modules. I'm wondering for
> > example how "standard" is defined. Is it something like this?
> >
> > standard OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso 0 }
> >
> > Or is it:
> >
> > standard OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 0 }
> >
> > (then, I gotta find all those modules, especially those defining the
> > basic OIDs. And no, I don't have access do X.5nn)
>
> If I'm understanding correctly, he's saying that "standard" is
> subordinate to "iso", so, effectively, you have to defined something
> like "iso/standard" or "iso.standard" in a flat namespace. That is,
> there could be a _different_ "standard" under, say, "ietf" (I forget
> whether that happens at the top, but whatever), which would then be
> "ietf/standard" or "ietf.standard" in your flat namespace.
>
> Or have I missed the point completely?
BTW, if I'm understanding correctly, what you write is:
iso.standard OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 0 }
or something to that effect...
Cheers,
Ben.
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