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INTRODUCTION
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This module provides an API for adding universally unique identifiers (UUID) to
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FEATURES
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* Automatic UUID generation:
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UUIDs will be generated for all core entities. An API is provided for other
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modules to enable support for custom entities.
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* UUID API for entities, properties and fields:
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With this unified API you can load entities with entity_uuid_load() so that
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all supported properties and fields are made with UUID references. You can
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also save entities formatted this way with entity_uuid_save() (depends on
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Entity API).
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* Export entities to use as default/demo content:
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The integration with Features module provides the ability to export UUID
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enabled entities with intact dependencies and references to other entities.
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This functionality depends on Deploy module 7.x-2.0-alpha1 (soon to be
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released) and is probably the most robust way for installation profiles and
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distributions to provide demo content!
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* Services integration:
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The integration with Services module alters all UUID enabled entity resources
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(nodes, users, taxonomies etc) to be based on UUIDs instead. This way it
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becomes easier to share and integrate content between sites. This
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functionality is used by Deploy module.
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* More integrations:
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UUID module integrates with Views, Token, Rules and provides some CTools
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