RFC 982 (rfc982) - Page 3 of 11

Guidelines for the specification of the structure of the Domain Specific Part (DSP) of the ISO standard NSAP address

RFC 982                                                       April 1986
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3.  Definitions

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4.  Abbreviations

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5.  Addressing Principles

   This section provides a summary of the major points contained in DIS
   8348/DAD2, as they are relevant to this technical report.

   Network addresses are defined to be hierarchical.  An authority may
   either assign a complete address, or else may identify a subdomain of
   its own addressing domain within which addresses may be further
   assigned by an identified authority for the subdomain.  This is done
   in such a way that all addresses are unique.

   When an authority identifies a subdomain, this creates in effect a
   prefix which applies to all addresses assigned within the subdomain.

   Certain methods of assigning authority are recognized within the body
   of DIS 8348/DAD 2.  These take account of existing addressing
   standards such as X.121.  The abstract structure of an address is
   shown in Figure 1.























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