Overview
ISO/IEC 10165-5:1994/Cor 1:1998 is a Technical Corrigendum to the ISO/IEC 10165-5 standard (also published as ITU‑T Rec. X.723) that clarifies an ASN.1 import comment in the OSI management information specification. The base standard, Structure of management information: Generic management information, defines generic structures used to represent management information in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) environments. This corrigendum adds an explanatory ASN.1 comment indicating the current location of the RelativeDistinguishedName syntax specification.
Key Topics
- Clarification of ASN.1 imports: The corrigendum inserts a comment before the ASN.1 statement
IMPORTS FROM InformationFramework to explain where the referenced syntax is specified.
- RelativeDistinguishedName (RDN) reference: It notes that RDN was originally imported from CCITT Rec. X.501 (1988) / ISO/IEC 9594-2:1990 and that the specification can now be found in an informative annex of ITU‑T Rec. X.711 (1997) / ISO/IEC 9596-1:1998.
- Standards interoperability: By documenting the updated source of the RDN syntax, the corrigendum helps implementers ensure consistent ASN.1 usage across related OSI/Directory and management specifications.
- ASN.1-based schema guidance: The change is focused on schema-level documentation (ASN.1 comments) rather than altering normative protocol behavior.
Applications
- Network and systems management vendors: Implementers of OSI management information models and management agents can use this corrigendum to locate the authoritative RDN specification and avoid schema mismatches.
- Standards implementers and integrators: Teams combining OSI Directory (X.501 family) and OSI management models benefit from knowing the precise normative/ informative locations for imported ASN.1 types.
- Technical writers and compliance auditors: Ensures documentation and conformance reports correctly reference the updated source documents for ASN.1 syntaxes.
- Telecommunications and enterprise IT architects: Useful when designing interoperable management frameworks that rely on OSI naming and directory structures.
Related Standards
- ISO/IEC 10165-5:1994 (base standard) - Structure of management information: Generic management information
- ITU‑T Rec. X.723 (1993) - Equivalent to ISO/IEC 10165-5
- CCITT/ITU‑T Rec. X.501 (1988) / ISO/IEC 9594-2:1990 - Original source for RelativeDistinguishedName
- ITU‑T Rec. X.711 (1997) / ISO/IEC 9596-1:1998 - Informative annex now containing the RDN specification
This corrigendum is primarily a documentation and cross‑reference update that supports consistent use of ASN.1 definitions across OSI management and directory standards - important for interoperability, accurate implementation, and standard compliance.