The present invention relates to a method for resolving, for device management, a uniform resource identifier (URI) indicating a particular node and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: finding one or more MO instances in accordance with a management object identifier (MOID) and MO instance information comprised in the URI; and finding the particular node within the one or more MO instances by means of a path, comprised in the URI, from the MO instance root node to the particular node, wherein if the MO instance information comprises a management object instance identifier (MIID), then the step for finding one or more MO instances comprises finding a unique MO instance having the MOID and MIID, and, if an MO instance having the MOID and MIID does not exist or exists in multiples, then returning an error.