---
id: "oid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["objectids"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/oid"
---

# ITU/ISO/IEC object identifier (OID) (`oid`)

In computing, object identifiers or OIDs are an identifier mechanism standardized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and ISO/IEC for naming any object, concept, or "thing" with a globally unambiguous persistent name.[1]

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Objects identifiers (objectids)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[0123](\.\d+)*
```

## Examples

- `1.3.6.1.4.1.343` — Intel
- `2.5.4.87` — Uniform Resource Locator

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `oid`
- wikidata: `P3743`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `oidfield` (field, `common/objects.yaml`)
- `oidvalue` (data, `common/objects.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_identifier>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3743>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/oid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/objectids/oid.yaml>