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RFC 4122, "A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace", July 2005

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 9562

Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUP
Area Assignment: app
See Also: RFC 4122 w/ inline errata

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Errata ID: 4975
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Joseph Boon
Date Reported: 2017-03-22
Verifier Name: Orie Steele
Date Verified: 2024-04-24

Section 4.1 says:

The UUID format is 16 octets; some bits of the eight octet variant 
field specified below determine finer structure.

It should say:

The UUID format is 16 octets; some bits of the variant 
field specified below determine finer structure.

Notes:

The original wording implies the variant field is 8 octets long. It is between 1 and 3 bits long. An alternative correction would be:

"The UUID format is 16 octets; some bits of the variant
field in octet 8 specified below determine finer structure."

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