Motion for STIX Identifiers

I make the following motion to the Chairs of the OASIS CTI TC.

 

Motion

 

Change the existing language of the 2.0 CSD for Identifier

Remove the UUIDv4 restriction.  

 

Type Name: identifier

 

An identifier universally
 and uniquely identifies a SDO, SRO, Bundle, or Marking Definition. Identifiers MUST follow the form object-type--UUID,
 where object-type is the exact value (all type names are lowercase strings, by
 definition) from the type property of the object being identified or referenced and
 where the UUID is an RFC 4122-compliant UUID.
 The UUID MUST be generated according to the algorithm(s) defined in RFC 4122, [RFC4122].

 

Please note the following assertions:

 

The only requirement for the UUID portion of a STIX Identifier is uniqueness.

Any RFC 4122 compliant ID form meets this requirement  (Including UUIDv1).

RFC 4122 addresses the requirements for how compliant UUIDs are generated.

 

 

Patrick Maroney

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