- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:41:04 +0100
- To: Thomas Broyer <t.broyer@gmail.com>
- CC: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Thomas Broyer wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: >> Looking at <http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#origin>: >> >> "3. If url does not use a server-based naming authority, or if parsing url >> failed, or if url is not an absolute URL, then return a new globally unique >> identifier." >> >> I'm always becoming nervous when a spec requires a globally unique >> identifier, but doesn't state the syntax. How are different implementations >> supposed to mint globally unique identifiers if the syntax is totally >> unrestricted? > > My understanding is that those are "opaque identifiers" and only an > implementation detail. The identifier needs only be unique in the > scope where it can be compared to another origin. > There doesn't seem to be any needed interoperability. > ... I see. In that case it probably shouldn't require global uniqueness, then. BR, Julian
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