— describes and specifies globally unique addresses and identifiers (ITS-S object identifiers) that are both internal and external to ITS stations and are used for ITS station management;

— describes how ITS-S object identifiers and related technical parameters are used for classification, registration and management of ITS applications and ITS application classes;

— describes how ITS-S object identifiers are used in the ITS communication protocol stack;

— introduces an organizational framework for registration and management of ITS-S objects;

— defines and specifies management procedures at a high functional level;

— specifies an ASN.1 module for the identifiers, addresses and registry records identified in this document; and

— specifies an ASN.1 module for a C-ITS data dictionary containing ASN.1 type definitions of general interest.