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IDENTIFICATEUR ARTICLE UNIQUE [1 record]

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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