Identification scheme

In metadata, an '''identification scheme'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Creating and Using Metadata |url=https://pages.nist.gov/OSCAL/learn/tutorials/general/metadata/ |website=pages.nist.gov |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref> is used to identify unique records in a set. If a data element is used to identify a record within a data set, the data element uses the Identifier representation term. An identification scheme should be contrasted with a classification scheme. Classification schemes are used to classify individual records into categories. Many records in a data set may be in a single category.

==See also== * Classification scheme * Metadata * Representation term

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