[kepler-dev] How are LSID's allocated?

[Tony O'Hagan]

The basic developer tutorial at ...
  http://www.kepler-project.org/Wiki.jsp?page=KeplerDevelopersTutorial

... does not provide the complete answer as it's apparent that some 
Actors use different actor and kar IDs.  

So ... how are these LSIDs assigned.  Is this documented somewhere?

I'm rather surprised that UUIDs are not used as they would ensure that 
Development teams can safely independently generate their own IDs.
I'm curious as to the reason for not using them.  Any insights?

Thanks,
Tony O'Hagan

DART Project, University of Queensland.