Noid version 0.041
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The noid script creates minters (identifier generators) and accepts
commands that operate them.  A minter efficiently generates, tracks,
and binds unique identifiers, which are produced without replacement
in random or sequential order, and with or without a check character
that can be used for detecting transcription errors.  A minter can
bind identifiers to arbitrary element names and element values that
are either stored or produced upon retrieval from rule-based
transformations of requested identifiers; the latter has application
in identifier resolution.

Identifiers generated by these minters are also known as "noids"
(nice opaque identifiers).  Noid minters are suitable for the production
and management of identifiers ranging from persistent, globally unique
names -- ARKs, PURLs, URNs, Handles, LSIDs, etc. -- to short-lived,
compact session keys (cf. UUIDs).  Noid minters are very fast, scalable,
easy to create and tear down, and have a relatively small footprint.
They use BerkeleyDB as the underlying database.

INSTALLATION

If not already unpacked, unpack the Noid suite with

   tar xzf Noid-0.041.tar.gz

after adjusting the version number as needed.

To install the module and script, type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

For the "make install" you may have to become the superuser (e.g., with sudo).

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules:

	Noid
	BerkeleyDB
	Text::ParseWords
	Getopt::Long

The C library for

	Berkeley DB

is also required.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2002-2004 UC Regents

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