Re: [urn] the UUID namespace
Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Fri, 09 September 2011 18:35 UTC
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Subject: Re: [urn] the UUID namespace
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On 9/9/11 12:31 PM, Ted Hardie wrote: > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im > <mailto:stpeter@stpeter.im>> wrote: > > > Interesting. So the UUID algorithm itself effectively provides a managed > process for URN assignment. Correct? > > > Yes, that's the theory. Each of the algorithms is intended to provide > a process which guarantees uniqueness. For the statistical algorithms, > the presumption has been that, run correctly, there is a vanishingly > small chance of collision; it's true that it is non-zero, but the chance > of collision due to human error in a managed system is probably higher. Thanks. I'd never thought of it that way, but it makes sense. I hereby retract the suggestion to obsolete RFC 4122. :) Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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- Re: [urn] the UUID namespace Ted Hardie
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