sliver_id should not use #

[ahelsing@bbn.com]

The sliver_id field is not supposed to include a '#'. The current spec says only alphanumeric plus hyphen. (​http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GeniApiIdentifiers#Name)

The adopted AM API draft changeset allows underscore or '.' as well. Use one of those if you need another separator.

See ​http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GAPI_AM_API_DRAFT#ChangeSetO1:Allowothercharactersinslivernames

[ibaldin@renci.org]

Doing this will threaten the ability to do proper ndl-rspec conversions. I don't believe '#' is disallowed in urns standards?

[ahelsing@bbn.com]

We chose not to include it because that is 1 of the characters that must be converted when translating from a publicid to a URN (RFC 3151). It isn't impossible to allow it - it just gets harder for tools & aggregates that want to convert.

I don't feel strongly about this one (which is why I left it at 'minor' priority, since 'trivial' always sounds to me like I'm presuming that it is easy to do).

For now, can you email me & Jonathon Duerig <​duerig@flux.utah.edu> explaining why allowing '#' in the sliver URN would really really make your life easier? I suspect we can just do this as a change for APIv4 - that you will have already done.