This is Perl module URI::urn::uuid. INSTALLATION URI::urn::uuid installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % cpan URI::urn::uuid Download it, unpack it, then build it as per the usual: % perl Makefile.PL % make && make test Then install it: % make install DOCUMENTATION URI::urn::uuid documentation is available as in POD. So you can do: % perldoc URI::urn::uuid to read the documentation online with your favorite pager. Tatsuhiko Miyagawa