- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:09:26 -0700
- To: Larry Masinter <lmm@acm.org>
- Cc: <www-tag@w3.org>
On Jun 6, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Larry Masinter wrote: > XMP uses GUID-based URIs for referencing content. It is assumed that there is > a system/index which can be used to discover content if all you have is the > GUID. Just out of curiosity, what algorithm is used to generate these GUIDs. Most GUID algorithms I have looked at are either machine-specific UUIDs or do not produce globally unique strings beyond a 12 or 20 year horizon. That is "good enough" for almost all applications, but not all long-term document repositories. ....Roy
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