Object Identifier

• Name: Object Identifier
• Alternative Name: OID
• Specification URI: http://www.oid-info.com
• Scope: Publication, Citation, Conference, Person, Organization, Dataset, DataRepository, Grants, Project, Experiment, Investigation, Analysis, Software, Computer Simulation, Software License, Equipment, Sample
• Disciplines: Subject Agnostic
• Keywords: digital object
• Description: An object identifier (OID) is an extensively used identification mechanism jointly developed by ITU-T and ISO/IEC for naming any type of object, concept or "thing" with a globally unambiguous name which requires a persistent name (long life-time).