2.3.4.3 GUID--Curly Braced String Representation

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The curly braced GUID string representation is a format commonly used for a string representation of the GUID type (as specified in section 2.3.4.1) is described by the following ABNF syntax, as specified in [RFC5234].

 CurlyBraceGuidString  =  "{" UUID "}"

 Where UUID represents the string form of a UUID, as specified in [RFC4122] section 3. The non-terminal symbol CurlyBraceGuidString represents (that is, generates) strings that satisfy the definition of curly braced GUID string.

By way of illustration, the UUID string specified in [RFC4122] section 3 as an example would have the following representation as a curly braced GUID string.

 {f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6}