Re: [regrep] [RS Issue] Allowing non UUID,URN values for RegistryObject.id

[Farrukh Najmi <Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>]

Anders W. Tell wrote:

> +1,
>
> Have the options of working with raw URN is a good relaxation that 
> adds a lot for thoes who work with constructed, generated URN where 
> parts of the URN indicates some or comes from semantical elements.

Since we have not heard any negative opinions on this propose change 
shall I go ahead and relax the spec to allow any URN to be specified for 
id as long as it is unique within the local registry?

>
> thanks
> /anders
>
>
> Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>
>>
>> Matt commented on regrep-rs-3.0-draft-01.pdf section 5.1.2 where it 
>> says "The id MUST be a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) and MUST 
>> conform to the format of a URN that specifies a DCE 128 bit UUID as 
>> specified in [UUID]" as follows:
>>
>> "There are certain situations where it may be necessary for a 
>> registry to specify an ID That is not dce 128.  For example, in 
>> Adobe's implementation, all user information comes from our Policy 
>> Server, and it has its own IDs.  we use a namespace to indicate this, 
>> e.g. urn:aps:node:87787887878787.  This section should be lenient to 
>> this."
>>
>> I have long felt that we should relax the id attribute to allow any 
>> URN and require that the registry check for uniqueness within the 
>> local registry during submission. In a federated situation the local 
>> id is implictly qualified by the home attribute value for the home 
>> registry so that would allow global uniqueness.
>>
>> Does anyone object to the change that allows RegistryObject.id to be 
>> any URN value that is unique within the local registry? If so please 
>> indicate your reasons clearly and indicate whether you could live 
>> with this change if others felt it was needed. Thanks.
>>
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Regards,
Farrukh