Re: Another go at lc75 and lc88 language

Robert Freund wrote:

> Note that I have not attempted to address the comments on this list 
> concerning time stamp or other complex type proposals since they are 
> beyond the scope of the lc comments.
>
> -bob
>
while I agree time stamps are beyond the scope of uniqueness issue, 
adding an integer index does, in my opinion, deal with
the uniqueness issue directly.  It simplifies the provision of a 
globally unique id for each message without requiring a separate
globally unique URI to be cast for each message.

Tom Rutt

>  
>
> The value of [message id] uniquely identifies the message.
>
> When present, it is the responsibility of the sender to insure that 
> each message is uniquely identified.
>
> A receiver MUST treat all messages that contain the same [message id] 
> as the same message.
>
> If a reply is expected and a back-channel may not be available, 
> [message id] MUST be present.
>
> No specific algorithm for the generation of unique values of [message 
> id] is given, however methods such as the use of an IRI that exists 
> within a domain owned by the sender combined with a sequence satisfies 
> the uniqueness criteria but may not be the best practice from a 
> security perspective.
>

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Received on Monday, 6 June 2005 12:06:20 UTC