UUID as element marker

Author: HeersGBV

libs/x3ml.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 import re
 from enum import auto, Enum
+import uuid
 
-    
 
 ############################################################################################################################
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def elements(self, elem: etree.Element) -> list:
                 return ch
         return []
 
-    
+
 '''Mapping lido tags to its ID hosts'''
 LIDO_ID_MAP = {
     'lido:lido': ID_Host('lido:lidoRecID'),
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def elements(self, elem: etree.Element) -> list:
     'lido:repositoryName': ID_Host('lido:legalBodyID')
 }
 
+
 def load_lido_map(fname='./lido-id-map.json'):
     '''Loads the LIDO ID map from file'''
     global LIDO_ID_MAP
@@ -235,18 +236,18 @@ def from_elem(cls, elem, i):
             info.id = ids[0]
         elif len(elem) > 0 and not text:
             # Has subelements, use path as ID
-            info.mode = IDMode.PATH 
+            info.mode = IDMode.PATH
             if n := elem.get('n4o_id'):
                 info.id = n
             else:
-                info.id = root_path_as_list(elem) + '/'+str(i)
+                info.id = str(uuid.uuid4())  # generate a unique ID
                 elem.set('n4o_id', info.id)
         else:
             # Just text
             info.mode = IDMode.NONE
 
         return info
-    
+
     def hasID(self) -> bool:
         '''Tests if the info has an ID'''
         return self.mode in (IDMode.LIDO_ID, IDMode.PATH)