Are collection handles supposed to be unique within the Collections table of the DB? I realize they are not primary keys within the schema, but I always assumed they were intended to be a "human readable" unique identifier for a collection - hence the getByHandle() static method. Yet I just discovered that they are not. It's very easy to create two collections with the same handle using the dashboard sitemap. That challenges my notion of what a collection handle is and how it should be used.

So I guess I need some clarification on whether the ability to create duplicate handles is intentional, and if so, is there a way to get a specific page without knowing its cID?

Thanks for any clarification you can provide,

-Steve