UUIDs and GUIDs
draft-leach-uuids-guids-01
| Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (individual) | |
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| Authors | Paul J. Leach , Rich Salz | ||
| Last updated | 1998-02-05 (Latest revision 1997-02-26) | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt
Abstract
This specification defines the format of UUIDs (Universally Unique IDentifier), also known as GUIDs (Globally Unique IDentifier). A UUID is 128 bits long, and if generated according to the one of the mechanisms in this document, is either guaranteed to be different from all other UUIDs/GUIDs generated until 3400 A.D. or extremely likely to be different (depending on the mechanism chosen). UUIDs were originally used in the Network Computing System (NCS) [1] and later in the Open Software Foundation's (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment [2]. This specification is derived from the latter specification with the kind permission of the OSF.
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