About Software Tagging RegIDs

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A software ID tag file can contain up to three different RegIDs: Tag Creator RegID, Software Creator RegID, and Software Licensor RegID. A RegID has the following format:

    regid.YYYY-MM.ReversedDomainName,optional_division

For example:

    regid.2009-06.com.yourcompany,GlobalProductDivision

    regid.2001-09.com.ABCDcompany,AccountingSystems

    regid.2005-11.com.WZYZcompany

    regid.2010-02.net.1234company,WordProcessing

The following table describes the components of a RegID in more detail:

Components of a Software Tag File RegID

Component

Description

Type

A software tag ID begins with the string regid. This qualifies the element as a registration ID for software identification tags.

The regid string is followed by a period.

Date

Enter a date code in YYYY-MM format which is the date during which the naming entity owned the domain, such as 2009-11.

• This date should be the first month in which the domain name was owned by this naming entity at 00:01 GMT of the first day of the month.
• This date code uses the Gregorian calendar and must include all four digits of the year and both digits of the month (where January = 01 and December = 12).
• The dash must be included.

The date string is followed by a period.

Naming Authority

Enter the reversed domain name of the naming entity (person or organization) that is creating this software identification tag. For example, if your company’s domain is mycompany.com, you would enter com.mycompany after the date code.

Note the following regarding the naming authority domain name:

• A RegID can be created by any individual or organization that owns or has owned the registration for a domain name.
• The domain name does not need to be active, nor does it need to resolve to an address.
• Domain names by themselves do not constitute a unique identifier because domains can expire and/or be acquired by other entities. This means that the RegID must also include a date indicating when the domain registration was owned by the entity.

Additional Subentity

(Optional) Enter a string that specifies any subentity that may have its own unique naming authority, such as AccountingSystems or MarketingDepartment.

For example, AdminStudio’s default RegID includes AdminStudio as a subentity of Flexera, which is the naming authority:

    regid.2009-06.com.flexera,AdminStudio

Using this optional component enables individual business units of large software publishers to manage their own software identification tags independently.

This string must be preceded by a comma.

Note:With the exception of the comma prefix, the owner of the domain name can assign text following the reversed domain name as desired as long as all characters are valid for use in file names on any platform that the tag will be installed on. It is the responsibility of the naming entity to ensure that each subentity reference is unique within their organization.