# phpman > perldoc > Data::UUID

## NAME
    [Data::UUID](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Data%3A%3AUUID/markdown) - OSSP uuid Backward Compatibility Perl Binding

## DESCRIPTION
    [Data::UUID](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Data%3A%3AUUID/markdown) is the OSSP uuid backward compatibility Perl binding to the API of the original
    [Data::UUID](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Data%3A%3AUUID/markdown) module. It allows other [Data::UUID](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Data%3A%3AUUID/markdown) based Perl modules to run with [OSSP::uuid](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/OSSP%3A%3Auuid/markdown) without
    changes.

## SEE ALSO
    [OSSP::uuid](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/OSSP%3A%3Auuid/markdown).

## HISTORY
    The backward compatibility Perl binding [Data::UUID](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Data%3A%3AUUID/markdown) for OSSP uuid was originally implemented in
    2004 by Piotr Roszatycki <<dexter@debian.org>>. It was later cleaned up and speed optimized in
    December 2005 by David Wheeler <<david@justatheory.com>>.