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At_Libitum · 10-16-2013, 09:25 AM

I have a question.

I previously assumed that the uuid I see in the identifiers field (urn:urn|uuid) was the same as the uuid value shown in the book details panel. In fact I never bothered to check if they were one and the same but because it shows the same format I never payed much attention to it since it is to me meaningless data.

However, in trying to synchronize the various libraries I have with regards to custom columns, I created a view which shows every field in library view and now that I have these fields side by side I suddenly notice they have each a completely different value?

What is the idea behind these fields and why do they differ for the same book?

10-16-2013, 09:25 AM	#1
At_Libitum Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 724240 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: KyBook	urn:urn\|uuid versus regular(?) uuid I have a question. I previously assumed that the uuid I see in the identifiers field (urn:urn\|uuid) was the same as the uuid value shown in the book details panel. In fact I never bothered to check if they were one and the same but because it shows the same format I never payed much attention to it since it is to me meaningless data. However, in trying to synchronize the various libraries I have with regards to custom columns, I created a view which shows every field in library view and now that I have these fields side by side I suddenly notice they have each a completely different value? What is the idea behind these fields and why do they differ for the same book?