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Only v6 and v7, v8 is "whatever you want".

• mcv 3y ago
  That's not much of a standard.
  • throwawaymobule 3y ago
    From my reading, it's standardized because it has a version number embedded, so it won't get confused with other uuids. Probably a good idea to have somewhere to silo bespoke implementations. Just gotta hope they end up being unique.
  • dtech 3y ago
    It's not uncommon to provide a way how to do it in standards because it will happen whether you want it or not. See e.g. HTTP headers starting with X- or MIME types in application/vnd.