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OIDplus is an OpenSource software solution by ViaThinkSoft that can be used by Registration Authorities to manage and publish information about Object Identifiers (OIDs), Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs), and much more.
 
To our knowledge, OIDplus is the only OpenSource software that implements a general (not vendor-specific) registry for Object Identifiers.
To our knowledge, OIDplus is the only OpenSource software that implements a general (not application-specific) registry for Object Identifiers.
 
## Where does the name OIDplus come from?
 
OID stands for Object Identifier, the main purpose of OIDplus. The "plus" stands for all the other object types that are possible (GUID, IPs, AIDs, MAC addresses, etc.)
OID stands for Object Identifier, the main purpose of OIDplus. The "plus" stands for all the other object types that can be managed (GUID, IP addresses, AIDs, MAC addresses, etc.)
 
## Where can I find information about Object Identifiers?
 
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3. To achieve Information Objects, it is often important to get identifiers of a specific type. For example, you have a Java package name (java:com.example.xyz), but you want an Information Object based on an OID. Then you can use the various conversion algorithms and schemas which have been developed to automatically assign an identifier based on another identifier (that might already identify an object/file/...). These derivated identifiers are also called Alternative Identifiers in OIDplus. Note that not all Alternative Identifiers are developed for OIDplus; there are Alternative Identifiers that were already available, for example, a UUID can be natively mapped to OID through the arc 2.25.
 
The following schemas were developed for OIDplus:
1. "Information Object AID" is an AID derivated from an OIDplus Object Hash. The base AID is D276000186F and the schemas are described [here](https://oidplus.viathinksoft.com/oidplus/?goto=aid:D276000186F).
1. "Information Object AID" is an AID derivated from an OIDplus Object Hash. The base AID is `D276000186F` and the schemas are described [here](https://oidplus.viathinksoft.com/oidplus/?goto=aid:D276000186F).
2. "Information Object AAI" is a MAC address type (not globally unique!) derivated from the lower 48 bits of a SHA1 hash.
3. "Information Object GUID" is a UUID derivated from an OIDplus Object Hash using an UUIDv8 Custom Schema which is described [here](https://github.com/danielmarschall/oidplus/blob/master/doc/oidplus_custom_guid.md).
4. "Information Object OID" is an OID derivated from an OIDplus Object Hash. The schema is described [here](https://oidplus.viathinksoft.com/oidplus/?goto=oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.37476.30.9).
4. "Information Object OID" is an OID derivated from an OIDplus Object Hash in `1.3.6.1.4.1.37476.30.9`. The schema is described [here](https://oidplus.viathinksoft.com/oidplus/?goto=oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.37476.30.9).