Identifier
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Unique data used to represent a person's identity and associated attributes. A name or a card number are examples of identifiers. A unique label used by a system to indicate a specific entity, object, or group.
Framework senses
- §1
- Unique data used to represent a person’s identity and associated attributes. A name or a card number are examples of identifiers.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- A data object - often, a printable, non-blank character string - that definitively represents a specific identity of a system entity, distinguishing that identity from all others.
- §1
- A data object - often, a printable, non-blank character string - that definitively represents a specific identity of a system entity, distinguishing that identity from all others.
- §1
- Unique data used to represent a person’s identity and associated attributes. A name or a card number are examples of identifiers.
- §1
- a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
- §1 · glossary
- Unique data used to represent a person's identity and associated attributes. A name or a card number are examples of identifiers. A unique label used by a system to indicate a specific entity, object, or group.Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A data object - often, a printable, non-blank character string - that definitively represents a specific identity of a system entity, distinguishing that identity from all others.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column