Re: Unique handle generation

[George Belotsky <george@register.com>]

A UUID-style approach is less burdensome than having IANA assign and
maintain handles.

If some sort of centralized repository is required, maybe we should
consider having registries operate authoritative DNS servers for the
handle space.

George.



On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 07:47:33AM -0500, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
> I think so -- there's certainly no method in place at this time for
> inter-registry data sharing, but that doesn't mean that there might not be
> one in the future.
> 
> This does get back to the question of just what the handle should look like
> and how it should be used in the protocol.  Given the alternatives I think
> Patrik's proposal is simple, effective, and usable.
> 
> Here's an idea for how handles can be used in the protocol:
> 
> Handles should be returned when an object is created, and they should be
> added to the list of attributes associated with an object.  Handles should
> be formed with both a registry-unique local part and a globally-unique
> registry identifier.  Local part format should be determined by registry
> policy since these local parts must be registry-unique.  Registry
> identifiers will be assigned and maintained by IANA.  Handles must not be
> reused within a registry.
> 
> Sound reasonable?
> 
> <Scott/>
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Oldfield [mailto:m@mail.tc]
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Is it right to say that on a technical level we can merely facilitate
> things by giving every object in every registry a globally unique
> handle ?

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