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Next Generation UUID Formats
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format/
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Draft 03: Describe UUIDv7 usage of rand_a as counter in method 1 #76

Closed kyzer-davis closed 2 years ago

kyzer-davis commented 2 years ago

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Draft 03, Section 5.2. Monotonicity and Counters

Current Text:

Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Bits (Position A):
[..snip..]
  UUIDs utilizing this method should be created using UUIDv8.

Proposed Text:

Fixed-Length Dedicated Counter Bits (Position A):
[..snip..]
  With this method the rand_a section of UUIDv7 MAY be utilized as fixed-length dedicated counter bits.

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From discussions in #60