1# uuid
 2The uuid package generates and inspects UUIDs based on
 3[RFC 4122](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4122)
 4and DCE 1.1: Authentication and Security Services. 
 5
 6This package is based on the github.com/pborman/uuid package (previously named
 7code.google.com/p/go-uuid).  It differs from these earlier packages in that
 8a UUID is a 16 byte array rather than a byte slice.  One loss due to this
 9change is the ability to represent an invalid UUID (vs a NIL UUID).
10
11###### Install
12```sh
13go get github.com/google/uuid
14```
15
16###### Documentation 
17[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/google/uuid.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/uuid)
18
19Full `go doc` style documentation for the package can be viewed online without
20installing this package by using the GoDoc site here: 
21http://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/uuid