The current draft uses field handle to assign a local identifier to each format. I hoped we can avoid crafting yet another identifier, but these identifiers may be needed or at least convenient to internally refer to formats. If we choose to give every format an identifier (aka handle) then we could better move each format into its own file and use the file name as local unique identifier. File names are unique by definition (in a directory, e.g. formats/) and contributing is easier than one big file.
The current draft uses field
handleto assign a local identifier to each format. I hoped we can avoid crafting yet another identifier, but these identifiers may be needed or at least convenient to internally refer to formats. If we choose to give every format an identifier (aka handle) then we could better move each format into its own file and use the file name as local unique identifier. File names are unique by definition (in a directory, e.g.formats/) and contributing is easier than one big file.