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strict definition
identifier
Related terms: tokens · symbols · identification number · ID
An internal or external reference key unique to each structure or other entity.
An identifier is a reference key used to identify entities and their associated data properties in a database or other data processing system.
The reference distinguishes an entity or its data within a particular system. It can come from an internal database or an external register.
An object name is a textual form of identification, while an identifier has its meaning within a reference system. A change in display name does not necessarily change the entity's reference key.
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More specific definitions
10 sub-definitions-
Company registration
A government-assigned numeric or alphanumeric identifier for a company in an official register. -
Legal entity identifier
A 20-character identifier for persons or other entities that engage in financial transactions. -
National tax number
An identifier assigned by a national government to a company, individual, or other entity for taxpayer identification. -
OKTMO code
The code for a Russian municipal territory in the All-Russian Classifier of Territories of Municipal Formations, kept by Rosstat. -
Ruhrsite-ID
The official identification number used by municipalities in the Ruhr region of Germany. -
VAT identification number
An identifier for a business, individual, or other entity registered for Value Added Tax. -
key
A coded string used to relate objects with corresponding objects in a database. -
primary lot number
An identification number or character string representing a land parcel, usually a holding traded as one unit. -
secondary lot number
An identification number or character string for a subdivision of a larger land parcel, usually with a primary lot number. -
uniform resource identifier
A string of characters used to locate a particular piece of content on the Internet.
Related definitions
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address
The locally defined location of any structure with respect to the street network. Usually street and house number only. -
connected street
The street that carries on where this one begins or ends, held as a link to that street rather than as a written name. -
coordinates
Geographic position expressed through latitude, longitude, and altitude relative to their reference surfaces and lines. -
defining regions
The regions a composite region consists of, such as the counties that a metropolitan area is made up of. -
geography
The region a building or company belongs to, held as a link to that region rather than as a written place name. -
legal form
The legal form of a company is the form it takes in the eyes of the law governing it. -
lot number
The cadastral number of the parcel of land a building stands on, as issued by the responsible land register. -
object naming
Types of recognized text identifiers for an object, including names, abbreviations, and other naming forms. -
official language
A language given official status in a region by law, which may be one of several and need not be the most widely spoken. -
reference point
Building aspects and reference terms used in measurements or professional descriptions, independent of data organization. -
renovation role
The part a company played in renovating an existing building, as opposed to its role in the original construction.