Ikimenyamenya c'ikintu (OID) ni izina ritagira ico rivuze, ry'igihe kirekire ku bwoko bwose bw'ikintu canke ikintu .
Mu gukoresha ubuhinga bwa none, OID igaragara nk’umugwi w’ibimenyetso vyemerera server canke umukoresha w’iherezo kugira ngo aronke ikintu atakeneye kumenya aho amakuru ari . Ubu buryo burafasha mu gutuma ububiko bw’amakuru butunganya neza no gutuma ububiko bw’amakuru mu bidukikije vy’ibicu biguma vyikora. ikintu . Mu rutonde rw'amakuru, OID ni urutonde rw'ibiharuro vyerekana mu buryo budasanzwe umurongo wose (canke inyandiko) mu ndome.
Ishingiye ku mibumbe y'izina ry'ubukuru ishingiye ku "Igiti ca OID". Iyi nzira yo kwita urutonde rw'amazina, aho izina rya mbere rigaragaza "node" ku giti ca OID, kandi icakurikira ritanga ukundi kumenya kw'imirongo ijana munsi y'amabuye y'agaciro yo hejuru, kandi ku burebure bwose bw'uburebure.{4}}
Ikintu gihambaye cane muri ubu buryo bwo kumenya ni uko bituma OIDs ziboneka ku mashirahamwe menshi cane n’ibimenyetso vy’ikoreshwa ryavyo bwite (harimwo n’ibihugu, Impanuro za ITU-T, ISO na IEC International Standards, ibisobanuro biva ku mashirahamwe y’igihugu, y’akarere canke mpuzamakungu, n’ibindi .
