Re: Unique handle generation

[Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>]

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% Back to requirements...
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% Are there any objections to these, with number 4 amended as suggested by
% Paul George:
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% [1] Every object MUST have an associated object identifier.
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% [2] Object identifiers MUST be globally unique.
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% [3] An object's identifier MUST NOT change during the lifetime of the
% object, even if administrative control of the object changes over time.
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% [4] An object identifier MUST contain information that unambiguously
% identifies both the object and the object's administrative repository at
% time of creation.
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% [5] Object identifier format SHOULD be easily parsed and understood by
% humans.
% 
% <Scott/>

I am concerned w/ two things:

	) what constitutes "lifetime" in #3
	) I am opposed to the construction of #4. 
	  George's construct of an OI is as a composite, the object and
	  the administrative repository.  The other items refer to 
	  atomic objects that have meaning independent of any associated
	  repository.


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--bill