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A key building block for addressing this issue is a system of *intrinsic*
identifiers that allows to precisely pinpoint the exact version of any software
artefact, at all levels of granularity, *without relying* on any central registry
artifact, at all levels of granularity, *without relying* on any central registry
or naming authority.

With this specification, the SWHID working group makes such a system of
intrinsic identifiers, originally developed for the Software Heritage
universal source code archive, available to all stakeholder.
universal source code archive, available to all stakeholders.

For the sake of clarity, we will use examples drawn directly from the Software
Heritage archive, but notice that systems for persistent archival of software
artefacts, as well as resolution of SWHIDs are out of the scope of this
artifacts, as well as resolution of SWHIDs are out of the scope of this
specification, and the SWHID specification does not require in any way the
use of Software Heritage.

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