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OBJECT IDENTIFIER Type

The OBJECT IDENTIFIER type is used to contain object identifier values that uniquely identify registered objects.

External Form - Input

Any sequence of characters (from the set 0123456789.) that does not begin or end with a period (.), contains no consecutive periods, but contains at least one period. Each sequence of decimal digits punctuated by a period represents a sub-identifier in the series of sub-identifiers that comprise an object identifier value.

External Form - Output

As for input.

Local Form and Behavior

The data format is as supplied for input, however truncation is not allowed. If the component is fixed length then it must be able to contain the input string, and if necessary will be padded with blanks, otherwise a data check results.