Does an identity have to be unique? I think we’ll get little argument if we claim that, within a given context, an identity (that is, some distinguishable object) must have a unique identifier.

The health IT world is stumping for a unique patient identifier for every U.S. citizen following signs from Congress that it's open to the idea. UPIs are distinct numbers, codes or data comparable to ...

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The General Services Administration (GSA), an agency of the U.S. government designed to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies, has announced that all companies and entities ...