When I see a requirement for globally unique names, I always think fondly of the "oid" series of URNs, which are based on the ITU object identifiers. See RFC 3001. You write to IANA to get an assignment of a "private enterprise number", which you can use to coin object identifiers which are guaranteed to be unique. For instance, I've been assigned OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.14490.
So I can use urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.14490.1, urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.14490.2, urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.14490.3, etc., and be assured that they're globally unique. (If you want a subtree to experiment with, I can allocate on to you!) Sadly, nobody else seems to be taken with the extreme elegance of the OID system. Dale _______________________________________________ netmod mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netmod
