From ecf6ff666662920e0ed5fee236148d25abbe49e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Bishop Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:05:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to Crockford Base 32 spec online. Fix toward https://github.com/ulid/spec/issues/49 --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 509c4eb..6e084ff 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ulid() // 01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV - 1.21e+24 unique ULIDs per millisecond - Lexicographically sortable! - Canonically encoded as a 26 character string, as opposed to the 36 character UUID -- Uses Crockford's base32 for better efficiency and readability (5 bits per character) +- Uses [Crockford's Base 32](https://www.crockford.com/base32.html) encoding scheme for better efficiency and readability (5 bits per character) - Case insensitive - No special characters (URL safe) - Monotonic sort order (correctly detects and handles the same millisecond)