IDs

Source Connector

Content ID

ID for a content that is unique and does not change when the content is updated.

Version ID

An ID that changes when the content updates. Or if the system does not create that type of ID, this should match the content id.

Immutable ID

Hash of a system id (inode, content id, etc.) and modification date for a content. It is an id that captures a point in time.

Content Diffuser

Content Hash

Equal to the Local ID

Version Hash

Equal to the Immutable ID.

Local ID

A hash of the endpoint ID + all version hashes.

Motation

Motation ID

Motation ID for a Content Motation object matches Local ID from Content Diffuser. Motation Objects related to Content Motation will have the Local ID + Motation Object type.

The Motation ID is used for retrieving Motation objects from diesel.

Impulse ID

Impulse IDs are used for individual IDs in a Motation file. They are a segmented and hashed ID.

example:

9a0364b9e99bb480dd25e1f0284c8555.8af9d1b0bd2cf6b81743e2d9081d2901

The left of the . is a hash of the location of the id. Such as "Content" or "Relationship". There is an enum in the impulse-id go module which is a list of all possible locations.

The right of the . is a hash of the endpoint ID + the ID in the raw data from the system.

Destination Connector

Content ID

ID for a content that is unique and does not change when the content is updated.

Field ID

An ID for a field that is unique within the definition.