Unique doc IDs

["Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>]

What is the best way to ensure that each document has a unique ID?  I'm
currently looking at introducing a scheme whereby all the documents
produced by the company (including those written by developers) have a
unique ID, but I'm having difficulty working out how to ensure
uniqueness.

 

Before I go reinventing the wheel (or a clumsy variant thereof with many
bumpy corners), what methods do other people use?

Sarah Bouchier
Technical Author

exony

 


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