We want to have some permanent and unique references to some datasets. The Python API and REST API by default have the “public” id specified as “id: username/datasetname”. However, users may change both the name of the dataset and of their user account.
The APIs also return an “_id” field. In Python, by convention the leading underscore indicates that it isn’t for public use. However, that seemed the only identifier which is consistent between renames (and even file changes). Is it safe to use?
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