XML-proof UIDs

[Rich Salz]

> This is what GUIDs/UUIDs were designed for, and they're used broadly.
> They're standardized in ISO 11578 [1], although there's a very similar
> public description in an expired Internet Draft [2]. Microsoft also
> publishes a description of how they generate their GUIDs, but I can't find
> it right now.

That draft has been replaced by the UUID/URN draft that I mentioned.
It includes all of the original text.  Actually, I rewrote most of it
so it reads better now.  It's actually in the final comment period and
should show up as an official RFC in few weeks.
	/r$

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Rich Salz                  Chief Security Architect
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