Re: Old Issue again: What is an "id"

[Nikola Stojanovic <nikola.stojanovic@encodasystems.com>]

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Sections 6.2 and 6.3 of ebRIM, v1.1, require that an "id" be a 128-bit
Universally Unique ID (UUID) generated in a specific format.
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Section 7.3.1 of RS spec http://www.ebxml.org/specs/ebRS.pdf says

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As specified by [ebRIM], all objects in the registry have a unique id. The
id must be a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) and must conform to the to
the format of a URN that specifies a DCE 128 bit UUID as specified in
[UUID].
(e.g. urn:uuid:a2345678-1234-1234-123456789012)
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I think it would be a big mistake to have (assign, resolve, ...) 2 different
URNs for the same Thing. However, relaxing what kind of URNs might serve the
purpose of IDs is something that we might want to explore.

Regards,

Nikola Stojanovic
Lead Technologist, Research and Development
Encoda Systems Inc.
101 Pineview Terrace
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
nikola.stojanovic@encodasystems.com
Tel: 607-273-2224