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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail (rsa verify failed) header.d=isnotmyreal.name header.s=default header.b=se3q36XK; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: 2.49 X-TUID: ImcptEX1WDSP On 2020-09-10 18:20, Samuel Wales wrote: > this or something similar has definitely been discussed on this > mailing list. so you are not alone. Yes, I also thought certainly this must have been discussed before. I did try searching the list, but I think the relevant search terms are too common, short ("ID", etc.) and/or too close to unrelated things (i.e. CUSTOM_ID when I am looking for "custom ID", etc.) to produce any good results. Or maybe my search-fu is just bad. > although i undersatnd the whole thing as readable id's. dunno if that > is the prupose. Essentially, yes, more readable. But also shorter, and perhaps most importantly, /meaningful/. > maybe something like a timestamp and then the usual id would give you > pretty good uniqueness. The uniqueness I outlined in OP (down to minute) is plenty enough for my use-case. The /last/ thing I want to do is to go the other way, and make the ID even longer! I do appreciate all the replies so far. However as I plan on relying on this to implement some quite critical functionality for a package I am working on (a sort of Zettelkasten / TiddlyWiki in Orgmode if you will) I would feel a lot more comfortable with some additional reassurences that what I am planning is not some crazy or bad idea. Thanks, TRS-80