OID

Object Identifier.

The describing entity of a place. A universally unique identifier.

This identifier is, in conceptual contrast to names, always choosen automatically. (TODO refer to (german) tax law's archival demands and others)

TODO oid's are "endpoint references" in the sense if web service addressing;

(define deed-slots
  '(dc-creator       ; creator-[[OID]oid] see [[DublinCore]Dublin Core]
    dc-date          ; creation date
    action-document  ; behavior
    body             ; serialized content
    ))

Rationale behind those deed-slots: creator, date and body are exactly the same as for paper documents. (see also "self archiving") For processes we need to acertain the behaviour in time, the action-document. The equivalent of certificates (as in "paper") is a special case of such a process: the constant process, which raises an exception for any kind of modification attempt. NameSpaceDSSSL there's a function public-place we're using for that purpose.

Literal Syntax

literal-oid := Achecksum

oid := local-oid

oid := local-oid | hinted-oid

local-oid := literal-oid

hinted-oid := local-oid @{ blank local-oid+ blank }

local-oid+ := local-oid

local-oid+ := local-oid separator local-oid+

separator := blank , blank

separator := [[:space:]+]

blank := [[:space:]*]