what should the max ID length be?

[duglin]

I think the only spot where this might be a concern is when they appear in URLs. Do we want to ensure that URLs aren't insanely long?

• Max URL length (that most browsers support): 2048
• URL: https://HOSTNAME:65535/PATH/GROUPS/gid/RESOURCES/rid/versions/vID
• scheme: 5
• hostname max: 253 + 5 (port) -> 258
• GROUPS, RESOURCES - max len: 63 each -> 126
• "versions" - 8
• / and : -> 3 + 1 + 7 -> 11

5+258+126+8+11 = 408
Leaving: 1640 for PATH and 3 IDs, or 410 (max) each

This doesn't take into account query parameters and ones like ?inline and ?filter can be quite long and repeated. We can ignore$structure since /versions/vID is longer.

If we picked an arbitrary length, like 63 (to align with attribute name lengths), then that would leave 1451 for PATH, all query parameters.

Or we can say nothing and assume it's a self correcting problem.

[duglin]

Proposal: 128 for IDs

[duglin]

on 1/15 call: for 128 chars