Index: ossp-pkg/uuid/README
RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/uuid/Attic/README,v
rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.3' '-r1.4' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/uuid/Attic/README,v' 2>/dev/null
--- README	2004/01/10 22:21:08	1.3
+++ README	2004/01/10 22:44:22	1.4
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
   (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).
 
+  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.
+
   COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
 
   Copyright (c) 2004 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
Index: ossp-pkg/uuid/uuid.pod
RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/uuid/Attic/uuid.pod,v
rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.2' '-r1.3' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/uuid/Attic/uuid.pod,v' 2>/dev/null
--- uuid.pod	2004/01/10 20:12:46	1.2
+++ uuid.pod	2004/01/10 22:44:22	1.3
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
 likelihood of uniqueness over space and time and are computationally
 difficult to guess.
 
+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.
+
 A B<UUID> is usually encoded using the ASCII character string
 representation described in ISO/IEC 11578:1996: a string
 consisting of 8 hexadecimal digits followed by a hyphen,