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UNIQUE ITEM IDENTIFIER [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management
DEF

A set of data elements marked on an item that is globally unique and unambiguous and uniquely identifies one item from all other like and unlike items.

OBS

UII may refer to the concatenated data string that contains the UII set of data elements. UII may also refer to the machine-readable mark that contains the UII set of data elements.

OBS

unique item identifier; UII: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
DEF

Ensemble d'éléments de données marqué sur un article qui est généralement unique et univoque et distingue un article d'autres articles semblables ou différents.

OBS

L'IAU peut renvoyer tout autant à la série de données concaténées qui comprend l'ensemble IAU d'éléments de données qu'à la marque lisible par machine sur lequel l'IAU est représenté.

OBS

identificateur d'article unique; IAU : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.01.57 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

identification that uniquely identifies a specific entity (e.g. a product, transport unit, returnable asset) during its life within a particular domain and scope of a code system

OBS

When used with this data protocol, the particular object identifier that defines the unique item identifier relies on the fact that each instance of its object is unique and unambiguous with all other related objects.

OBS

As the object is unique, its use in the RF tag confers uniqueness to the RF tag itself.

OBS

unique item identifier: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008].

French

Spanish

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