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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 6, Telecommunications and information exchange between systems.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition ( ISO/IEC 29168-2:2011 ), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

a secondary operational agency has been introduced as a complement to the primary operational agency, along with rules for its appointment;
requirements for the nominees for the primary operational agency have been added;
requirements for accessing an up-to-date OID root zone file have been added.

A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 29168 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.

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Introduction

An introduction to the object identifier (OID) resolution system is provided in ISO/IEC 29168-1 .

This document specifies the mechanisms and criteria to be applied for the selection and approval of the object identifier resolution system (ORS) operational agency. It also covers the procedures that the ORS operational agency is required to follow when managing the ORS.

The domain name system (DNS) zone files for .oid-res.org must provide ORS support for the root of the International Object Identifier tree.

These procedures include the appointment (or re-appointment) of the ORS operational agency (the operational agency).

The procedures require the operational agency to provide DNS zone file support for .oid-res.org, as well as for a specified set (see Clause 6) of top-level OID nodes, including domain name system security extension (DNSSEC) (NSEC3) support for those zone files.

The operational agency is also required to support specified procedures (some, but not all, on a commercial basis) that enable the provision of ORS support for OID nodes beneath those that it is fully required to support (see Table 1).

Clause 5 specifies the approval mechanisms for the appointment of the operational agency and any necessary subsequent changes.

Clause 6 specifies the OID nodes to be supported by the operational agency.

Clause 7 specifies the nature of operational agency support.

Clause 8 addresses charging issues for services provided by the operational agency.

1 Scope

This document specifies the mechanisms and criteria to be applied for the selection and approval of the object identifier resolution system (ORS) operational agency and includes procedures that the operational agency is required to follow. It also addresses any future modification of the procedures and the procedures for any change of the operational agency.

This document:

lists the object identifier (OID) nodes for which the operational agency is required to provide ORS support and gives the required level of support for these nodes;
gives the procedures by which lower-level nodes can apply for ORS support (class A, class B, or class C) and the role of the operational agency in providing these levels of support;
determines the basis for charges that can be levied for these levels of support.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Abbreviated terms

5 Appointment of the operational agency

5.1 Formal appointment

5.2 Nominating bodies

5.3 Criteria for nominations and statements from nominees

5.4 Selection and approval of an operational agency

5.5 Term of appointment

5.6 Transfer of .oid-res.org

6 OID nodes to be supported by the operational agency

7 Operational agency support

7.1 General

7.2 Support for the OID nodes supported by the operational agency

7.3 ORS-support for lower-level nodes

7.4 Procedures for requesting support for lower-level nodes

7.5 Up-to-date OID root zone file access

8 Charging issues

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.5