Why not use a numerical identifier with known structure (to support matching) similar to that of ISBN and VIN identifiers?
One of the initial goals of CPE was to enable the creation of new identifiers without relying too heavily on the support of an authoritative source. ISBN and VIN solve their structure issues by having an authoritative source hand out unique numerical identifiers to represent each publisher or manufacturer. With platforms, new vendors are constantly showing up and the thought was that forcing a request to an authoritative source would cause a time delay. In addition, the authoritative source would have to be funded and one goal was too reduce the amount of long term funding that was needed to support this initiative.
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