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X.667 (ISO/IEC 9834-8)
n Title:   INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  –  OPEN  SYSTEMS  INTERCONNECTION  –  PROCEDURES FOR  THE  OPERATION  OF  OSI  REGISTRATION AUTHORITIES:  GENERATION AND REGISTRATION OF UNIVERSALLY UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS (UUIDS)
nThis is an important new Recommendation, for approval at the March 2004 meeting of SG17.
nThe history of UUID (GUID) work is worth several slides on its own!
nIt involves Microsoft, IETF Draft RFCs and the Open Group.