ulid/spec

Features

• Time-Sortable - Generates identifiers that are naturally ordered by time for efficient database indexing.
• Unique Identifier Generators - Produces globally unique identifiers that maintain chronological sort order.
• Monotonic Identifier Generation - Ensures identifiers generated within the same millisecond are produced in a strictly increasing sequence.
• System Timestamping - Prefixes identifiers with a millisecond timestamp to guarantee chronological ordering.
• Millisecond Clock Sequences - Implements sequence numbers that reset per millisecond to preserve chronological order.
• Identifier Generators - Creates unique 128-bit identifiers combining temporal data and randomness.
• Identifier Specifications - Provides the official technical specification for the ULID identifier standard.
• Binary-to-Text Encodings - Transforms binary identifier data into text to prevent human transcription errors.
• Base32 Encoding - Uses a specific Base32 alphabet to encode binary identifiers into human-readable strings.
• Binary-to-String Transformations - Implements the conversion of binary identifier data into human-readable textual representations.
• Bit-Range Field Mapping - Defines the exact bit ranges for timestamps and random data within the 128-bit structure.

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