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The instantiation field is purely to enable a message to be addressed
to a unique application. When an application registers, it does not
specify the instantiation - rather this is returned by the CCC library
such that it is unique for the specified type at the specified
address. It is not guaranteed to be globally unique - global
uniqueness is only guaranteed by the triple of (instantiation,
type, address) with no wildcards in any field. When an application
sends a message, it uses one of its unique triples as the source
address. Which one it chooses should depend on to whom the message
was addressed.
Jon CROWCROFT
1998-12-03