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AIP-162: Clarify UUID4 (aip-dev#874)
* AIP-162 - Clarified the term UUID4 UUID is a common term but the usage of UUID4 is not usual and requires user to search for definitions. To simplify reading of the AIP and provide better reference this change provides link to wikipedia article about UUID Verions 4.
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- The resource **must** contain a `revision_id` field, which **should** be a
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string and contain a short, automatically-generated random string. A good
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rule of thumb is the last eight characters of a UUID4.
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rule of thumb is the last eight characters of a [UUID version 4 (random)](UUID4).
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- The `revision_id` field **must** document when new revisions are created
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(see [committing revisions](#committing-revisions) below).
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- The `revision_id` field **should** document the format of revision IDs.
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[aip-142]: ./0142.md
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[aip-203]: ./0203.md
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[rfc 1738 §2.2]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738
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[UUID4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Version_4_(random)

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