French organization that is a member of ISO) has defined an arc to
allocate OID’s for companies:
{iso (1) member-body (2) fr (250) type-org (1) organisation (n)}
Appendix B.3. Using an ICD (International Code Designator) From British
Standards Institution to Specify a New or an Existing
Identification Scheme
The International Code Designator (ICD) is used to uniquely identify
an ISO 6523 compliant organization identification scheme. ISO 6523
is a standard that defines the proper structure of an identifier and
the registration procedure for an ICD. The conjunction of the ICD
with an identifier issued by the registration authority is worldwide
unique.
The basic structure of the code contains the following components:
- the ICD value: The International Code Designator issued to the
identification scheme makes the identifier worldwide unique (up to
4 digits),
- the Organization, usually a company or governmental body (up to 35
characters),
- an Organization Part (OPI - Organization Part Identifier). An
identifier allocated to a particular Organization Part (optional,
up to 35 characters)
The ICD is also equivalent to an object identifier (OID) under the
arc {1(iso). 3(identified organization)}.
On behalf of ISO, British Standards Institution (BSI) is the
Registration Authority for organizations under the arc {iso (1)
org(3)}. This means BSI registers code issuing authorities
(organizations) by ICD values which are equivalent to OIDs of the
form {iso (1) org(3) icd(xxxx)}. The corresponding IdentifierValue
is the code value of the scheme identified by icd(xxxx).
As an example, the ICD 0012 was allocated to European Computer
Manufacturers Association: ECMA. Thus the OID for ECMA is {iso(1)
org(3) ecma(12)}.
For registration with BSI, a "Sponsoring Authority" has to vouch for
the Applying organization. Registration is not free. Recognized
"Sponsoring Authorities" are: ISO Technical Committees or
(Sub)Committees, Member Bodies of ISO or International Organizations
having a liaison status with ISO or with any of its Technical
(Sub)Committees.
An example of a Sponsoring Authority is the EDIRA Association (EDI/EC
Registration Authority, web: http://www.edira.org,
email:info@edira.org).
The numerical list of all ICDs that have been issued is posted on its
webpage: http://www.edira.org/documents.htm#icd-List
Note: IANA owns ICD code 0090, but (presumably) it isn’t intending to
use it for the present purpose.
Authors’ Addresses
Denis Pinkas
Bull
Rue Jean-Jaures BP 68
78340 Les Clayes-sous-Bois
FRANCE
EMail: Denis.Pinkas@bull.net
Thomas Gindin
IBM Corporation
6710 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
USA
EMail: tgindin@us.ibm.com
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