new-uuid-encoding-techniques-ietf-draft

We are working on standardizing an alternate encoding technique for the 128 bit UUID so it can have a shorter text form. You can the discussions here: https://github.com/uuid6/new-uuid-encoding-techniques-ietf-d...

As someone who maintains a UUID library, this is definitely something that has been thought about, especially in the UUIDv6-v8 updates. But it was moved to be considered later as an extension after v6-v8 get approved fully. But all these were talked about and considered before it was punted to a later time. https://github.com/uuid6/uuid6-ietf-draft/issues/27 https://github.com/uuid6/new-uuid-encoding-techniques-ietf-d... https://github.com/uuid6/new-uuid-encoding-techniques-ietf-d... https://github.com/uuid6/new-uuid-encoding-techniques-ietf-d... But there is always TypeID in the meantime which uses UUIDv7 under the hood: https://github.com/jetify-com/typeid Either way, I am in favor of prefixing and using alternative encodings, but it will need some time to figure out the best route. In the mean time, there are so many alternatives. Type