Object Identifier Aliasing (OSI-DS 36 -- Colin Robbins)

[Steve Hardcastle-Kille <[e-mail]>]

OSI-DS 36
osi-ds-36-00.ps
osi-ds-36-00.txt
        An Aliasing Mechanism for Object Identifiers
        C.J. Robbins
        January 1993
         Abstract:
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This paper describes the Object Identifier alias mechanism used by
QUIPU. The mechanism is used to allow a smooth migration when the
dotted numeric representation of an OID being used in protocol
transfers has to be altered from one value to another.
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