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Hmmm.... it seems as though that value can be set to any guid, it doesn't have to be related to the role being assigned.

Okay this was a failure in my understanding.  Apparently the name passed in during the declaration does not need to be the RoleDefinitionID.  It can be any string.  My mistake.