On 2012-02-06 10:00 +0100 (Mon), Peter Sylvester wrote:

> It is one possible way, you need to find someone that
> "owns" an OID (forever) and dedicates you a number.

Ok; that makes it quite clear. So any OID is fine, so long as you own it.

> >...but I gather that others use this for pretty much
> >anything where they need a unique OID.)
>
> I'd prefer to say "non-ambiguous".

Yes, that sounds more correct.

> besides that, I would also investigate your need for a custom extension,

That's in progress. I'm not yet convinced we need one, but I wanted to
know how I would go about assigning an ID should I move that direction.

Thanks again for your help.

cjs
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