1. A method for determining context information for one or more peers, the method comprising: receiving a message, the message comprising a context-aware identifier (CAID), wherein the CAID comprises a plurality of items of context information that are arranged in a hierarchal structure using a plurality of portions of the CAID, wherein each of the plurality of items of context information are associated with a peer, and the CAID comprises at least an indication of an identity of the peer; determining a first item of context information associated with the peer based on a first portion of the CAID, wherein the first portion of the CAID is separately decodable from at least a second portion of the CAID, and the second portion of the CAID is associated with a second item of context information associated with the peer; and determining whether to process the second portion of the CAID based on the first item of context information.