ossp-pkg/uuid/uuid_cli.pod 1.3 -> 1.4
--- uuid_cli.pod 2004/01/11 08:54:18 1.3
+++ uuid_cli.pod 2004/01/11 12:14:20 1.4
@@ -57,9 +57,17 @@
(UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version 1 (time and node
based), version 3 (name based) and version 4 (random number based).
-This is the command line interface (CLI). For a brief overview of UUIDs
-see the documentation of the application programming interface (API) in
-uuid(3).
+UUIDs are 128 bit numbers which are intended to have a high likelihood
+of uniqueness over space and time and are computationally difficult
+to guess. They are globally unique identifiers which can be locally
+generated without contacting a global registration authority. UUIDs
+are intended as unique identifiers for both mass tagging objects
+with an extremely short lifetime and to reliably identifying very
+persistent objects across a network.
+
+This is the command line interface (CLI) of B<OSSP uuid>. For a
+detailed description of UUIDs see the documentation of the application
+programming interface (API) in uuid(3).
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