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ID Format.md

Suggestion

[object-type]:[UUID]

Why

  • UUID is very unique. "In other words, only after generating 1 billion UUIDs every second for the next 100 years, the probability of creating just one duplicate would be about 50%."
    • There are some concerns about using poor entropy, in particular generated from different types of systems
  • To solve the lookup issue, let's use an "external refs" attribute like Gary suggested
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