Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > David Masterson <dsmaster...@outlook.com> writes: > >> Can you talk a little bit about how IDs are generated so that they are >> absolutely unique? > > See `org-id-new'. By default, it uses "uuidgen" command. > >> IDs sound like something that would be useful for synchronizing >> information between two (or more) separate Org systems - the ID could be >> updated whenever a change occurs and then used to determine what needs >> synchronization. True? > > I think this is different. ID property is meant to never change once > created. If you update it, you lose the reference to the headline, which > defeats the intended purpose.
Ah. Gotcha. -- David
