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* RFC 4122 | * RFC 4122 | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Universally unique identifier]] | * [[Wikipedia:Universally unique identifier]] | ||
[[Category:Naming and numbering systems]] | [[Category:Naming and numbering systems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:58, 30 April 2022
A UUID (universally unique identifier) is an arbitrary 128-bit identifier, and a standard set of guidelines for generating such an identifier. The goal is that each identifier will (with overwhelming probability) be unique, without need of a central authority.
Some of the bits in a UUID are not random, and are used to indicate the UUID version number, etc.
The standard way to display a UUID is to use hex encoding, with four hyphens added at particular positions. It typically looks something like this:
00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
See also GUID, the Microsoft version of UUID.
Any UUID (or GUID) can be converted into a URI by inserting "urn:uuid:" at the beginning, and then followed by the standard form, with letters in lowercase. This allows a UUID to be represented anywhere a URI is allowed, such as the identification of a node in a RDF graph.
A UUID can also be convert into a OID, by prefixing "2.25." followed by the decimal representation of the 128-bit number of the UUID (as a single number, not broken up into parts).
[edit] Links
- RFC 4122
- New UUID Formats (internet draft)
- Wikipedia:Universally unique identifier
