Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of HowTo/PickASliceName


Ignore:
Timestamp:
08/07/13 23:18:34 (11 years ago)
Author:
sedwards@bbn.com
Comment:

--

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified

  • HowTo/PickASliceName

    v8 v9  
    1717Actually, it's the ''slice URN'' that must be unique.  A slice [wiki:GeniApiIdentifiers URN] is an identifier that includes both the slice name and the authority that issued the slice.  This means that experimenters could request two slices with the same name from two different authorities, but the slice URNs would be unique because they were issued by different authorities. 
    1818
    19 In practice, you should just know that you can only create one slice with a given name at a time.
     19In practice, you should just know that you can only create one slice with a given name at a time.  It also means that generic slice names like "test" or "myslice" are not good choices because they may already be in use by another experimenter.