Comments on: Identifiers, Identity and Me http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/304 "truly pathetic verbiage" Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: John Graybeal http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/304/comment-page-1#comment-1001 John Graybeal Sat, 23 May 2009 19:45:11 +0000 http://www.hyam.net/blog/?p=304#comment-1001 Hear hear. To take a Zen perspective, then: And what makes us say the GUID has been fabricated? If I think of a GUID have I fabricated it? What about if I document it in an informal way, but not by registering it formally with other GUIDs? What if I make a rule for how to make a bunch of meaningful GUIDs, but don't actually make or register the GUIDs explicitly? ("You can make a GUID for any of our members by adding their last name to this URL....") I *think* the answer to all of these is, It depends on your systems and needs. But I may just not have heard the tree falling.... Hear hear.

To take a Zen perspective, then: And what makes us say the GUID has been fabricated?

If I think of a GUID have I fabricated it?

What about if I document it in an informal way, but not by registering it formally with other GUIDs?

What if I make a rule for how to make a bunch of meaningful GUIDs, but don’t actually make or register the GUIDs explicitly? (“You can make a GUID for any of our members by adding their last name to this URL….”)

I *think* the answer to all of these is, It depends on your systems and needs. But I may just not have heard the tree falling….

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