> OtherName ::= SEQUENCE {
> type-id OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
> value [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY type-id }
It means that the type-id OID defines the datatype of the value. Think
of it as a union.
An alternative scheme would be to make the "value" be OCTET STRING, but
then you'd have to buffer and re-decode.
/r$
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