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Identifier

nounid 2766·updated May 9, 2026
verified

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.

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Data85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Identifiers
possessive
Identifier's
pluralpossessive
Identifiers'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§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.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§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.
FIPS PUB 2011 senseview framework →
§1
Unique data used to represent a person’s identity and associated attributes. A name or a card number are examples of identifiers.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§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)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§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

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