Paul W. Abrahams scripsit: > > "Arnold, Curt" wrote: > > > Isn't that already achievable by using a URI with a protocol of "uuid:" for the namespace and using the UUID generation algorithms. That could be a solution for relative URI's that are intended to > > indicate a document specific namespace. > > Where are the UUID generation algorithms described? I couldn't locate a description of UUIDs using the IETF search facility. And as I asked John Cowen about OIDs, can anyone get as many UUIDs as > they wish? Can my grandmother get a bushel of them? IIRC, they encode a combination of one's low-level Ethernet (or token ring) address and the time of day. John Cowan cowan@ccil.org Yes, I know the message date is bogus. I can't help it. --me, on far too many occasionsReceived on Friday, 26 May 2000 15:20:13 UTC
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