> 1. It is impossible to guarantee that an identifier is "globally
>    unique", thus this requirement should not end up in any
>    specification.

The term "globally unique" is a widely understood term of art that is
perfectly acceptable to use. We don't need to worry about the fact that
it's technically possible that sometime before the eventual heat death
of the universe it may be possible for two IDs generated in such a way
that they could be called "globally unique" to not be unique. The
probability is close enough to zero to be negligible.

We can always point to the definition in the glossary section of the
spec if you're worried about this.

—Sam
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