SMPTE 359M-2001

There is a need in the field of information technology for the unambiguous identification of objects to provide interoperability among information systems. Individual standards committees have divined, as part of their development of technical standards, classes of objects. Specific objects are the individual members of the class of objects. Registration is the process whereby unambiguous names are formally associated with objects. This may be done by an organization, a standard, or an automated facility.