[Opensim-dev] Global identifiers

[Robert A. Knop Jr.]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:48:36PM -0700, Dahlia Trimble wrote:
> Would it be possible to use just the UUID part and not tie it to a specific
> domain? I can foresee events where a user and a business/grid/domain
> owner/whatever make a decision to go separate ways and then any other
> systems out there that have the global identifier referenced may not be able
> to use it to contact that user.

This problem already exists with e-mail addresses.  If there were a way
to set up forwarding, that would solve the problem.  (For instance,
rknop at pobox.com is just a forwarding service that I've had for over a
decade, that points to where I really get my e-mail, rknop at sonic.net.)

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--Rob Knop
  E-mail:    rknop at pobox.com
  Home Page: http://www.pobox.com/~rknop/
  Blog:      http://scientopia.org/blogs/galacticinteractions/
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