OID repository - {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)}

iso(1) identified-organization(3)
`dod(6)` Child OID: internet(1)

OID description

OID:	{iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)}	(ASN.1 notation)
	1.3.6	(dot notation)
	/ISO/Identified-Organization/6	(OID-IRI notation)

Description:

United States Department of Defense (DoD)

Information:

1) 0006 DODNET Open System Interconnection (OSI) Network for the Department of Defense USA.
2) No check digits are needed as the whole message has a checking mechanism.
Display Requirements: None except that all fields are left justified.
Description of organizations covered by the coding system: US DoD will assign a sub value to any commands, the bases, or field activities that participates in the DoD OSI network program. The program encompasses all military commands throughout the entire world.
Notes on use of the code: The ICD code forms the initial part of the OSI network addressing and naming tree as depicted in Addendum 2 to ISO 8348.

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From this description, it sounds as if the use of the code for OID registry was an unintended side effect of the original registration.
Object identifiers currently registered in DoD documents seem to be assigned under 2.16.840.1.101.2, which seems like a reasonable place to put them.

Current Registration Authority

Name:

US DoD

Address:

http://www.defense.gov

First Registration Authority

Name:

Defense Communication Agency

Address:

DSEC-R130
1860 Wiehle Ave
Reston VA, 22090-5500
USA

Phone:	+1 703 4372802
Fax:	+1 703 4372382

Creation date:

February 1988

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