---
id: "id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["identifiers"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 45
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/id"
---

# Unique identifier (`id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Generic identifier of a record or object, unique within a database or dataset or globally and persistently. Use a more specific type, such as uuid, ulid or a national identifier, when the format is known.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Universal unique identifiers (identifiers)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Mappings

- cdm: `means.identity.entityId`
- fta: `IDENTIFIER`

## Metacrafter rules

1 rules: 1 match the field name, 0 match values.

- `uniqueidbyknown` (field, `common/common.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `auctus`
- `fta`
- `metacrafter`

## Translations

- ru: Уникальный идентификатор

## Quality

Score 45/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, source link.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/identifiers/id.yaml>