That is just be a convention though, and as long as the IDs are unique, it does not matter who sets them.

John

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On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Karl Voit <devnull@karl-voit.at> wrote:
* John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> There is not an issue using a human-readable id in :ID: as long as it is
> unique. It will store fine, link fine, etc...

I also think so because I am only using human-readable :ID: without
any issue so far.

However, the argument was that no human should set :ID: but use
:CUSTOM_ID: *instead*. See also the old thread I linked before.

I'd prefer using manually written :ID: instead since migration would
not be trivial to me.

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