{"draft":"draft-ietf-uuidrev-rfc4122bis-14","doc_id":"RFC9562","title":"Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs)","authors":["K. Davis","B. Peabody","P. Leach"],"format":["HTML","TEXT","PDF","XML"],"page_count":"46","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Revise Universally Unique Identifier Definitions","abstract":"This specification defines UUIDs (Universally Unique IDentifiers) --\nalso known as GUIDs (Globally Unique IDentifiers) -- and a Uniform\nResource Name namespace for UUIDs. A UUID is 128 bits long and is\nintended to guarantee uniqueness across space and time.  UUIDs were\noriginally used in the Apollo Network Computing System (NCS), later\nin the Open Software Foundation's (OSF's) Distributed Computing\nEnvironment (DCE), and then in Microsoft Windows platforms.\r\n\r\nThis specification is derived from the OSF DCE specification with the\nkind permission of the OSF (now known as \"The Open Group\"). \nInformation from earlier versions of the OSF DCE specification have\nbeen incorporated into this document. This document obsoletes RFC\n4122.","pub_date":"May 2024","keywords":["uuid"],"obsoletes":["RFC4122"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC9562","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc9562"}