[Opensim-dev] Global identifiers

[Mike Dickson]

Well, to be completely correct the prim/object references the users
key/uuid.  Right now that's resolved to the account name when its
displayed.  And that name as proposed would stay the same.  But I may
choose to use standard Display Name all the time and build my identity
around that. Thats far more likely in fact because in the future account
names will be a single entry  (aka mdickson.resident) rather than first
name/lastname format.

My point is, how names are handled is really up to the agent service.
This can and probably will vary across grids.  So caching it in a
globally unique id has no real value or meaning. If OTOH, OpenSim is a
product and as a product you want to dictate the semantics of names then
you can lock them down to mean one thing. But I'm pretty sure thats not
what's being proposed here.

Mike


On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 19:02 +0000, Michael Cerquoni wrote:
> I think LL is going to have 2 levels of Names, one which can be
> modified and one which will not, i am quite sure the unchangeable name
> is what prims and objects will reference, the changeable name is
> simple for display purposes only was my understanding.
> 
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson at hp.com>
> wrote:
>         But it does.  Or will shortly.  They're addressing a
>         longstanding gripe
>         that people can't select their names by providing a separate
>         account
>         name and display name.  Display names can be
>         changed/overloaded, etc.
>         
>         The identifiable data is the UUID.  The Agent service should
>         then
>         resolve that to whatever is appropriate given its local
>         policies.  A
>         separate grid has no business doing so. It doesn't own the
>         relationship
>         with that user/agent.
>         
>         Mike
>         
>         
>         On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 18:37 +0000, Melanie wrote:
>         > Firstly, avatar names are not meant to be changed. There is
>         a good
>         > raeson SL doesn't provide that option.
>         >
>         > Second, see my previous message. Some identifiable data is
>         better
>         > than none.
>         >
>         > Melanie
>         >
>         > marcel verhagen wrote:
>         > > +1 http://myworld.com:8002/user/<uuid>
>         > >
>         > > Including avatar names is not a good idea, avatar names
>         can be changed. And
>         > > on different grids the same avatar names can be used.
>         > >
>         > >
>         > >
>         > >
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