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Re: Schema group

D.W.Chadwick@iti.salford.ac.uk Wed, 04 January 1995 13:26 UTC

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From: D.W.Chadwick@iti.salford.ac.uk
Date: 4 Jan 95 24:41
To: osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Schema group
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A number is a number is a number......

There is no meaning in the OIDs of schema definitions, and so the branch of the
tree under which any particular OID is registered is of no inherent value.
There is therefore no benefit in placing all OIDs under one particular branch
of the OID tree, and there is a great deal of inconvenience in altering the OID
of a definition partway through its lifetime.

It therefore seems that all the Email messages to date agree on one thing -
reject the proposal.

David

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