The other important aspect of ASN.1 is that the data it defines can be encoded for transmission. The product region supports the encoding and decoding of data using the Basic Encoding Rules (BER), ISO 8825. BER is specifically designed to interact with the logical structure as defined by ASN.1.
Independently of local form (that is, regardless of the physical representation of the data used for any MDO), the BER encoder can be used to build a data stream corresponding to the ASN.1 definition. This data stream can be understood by any BER decoder that has the same ASN.1 definition, even if it is a completely different ASN.1 platform.
For details on BER encoding and decoding, see the NCL &ENCODE and &DECODE verb descriptions in the Network Control Language Reference Guide.