{
  "id": "identifier.label",
  "term": "identifier",
  "sense": "label",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 8,
  "arena": "identifier",
  "domain": "emergence",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a name that is just different from others",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "name.identifier",
      "difference.relation",
      "just.exact",
      "others.distinct-entities"
    ],
    "interaction": "The name tags a thing, the difference marks it as distinct from others, and the exactness makes it refer to only that thing.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "unique reference",
      "distinct identification",
      "exact differentiation"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station uses alphanumeric serial numbers on components to prevent misidentification during repairs.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2023, ICANN allocated the domain name 'example.bank' to distinguish it from all other web addresses.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Social Security Administration assigns unique nine-digit identifiers to U.S. citizens for tax tracking.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "name.identifier",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "login.digital"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "identifier",
    "identifiers"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "factual",
      "note": "Fixed typo 'just.exac' to 'just.exact'; added missing constitutive component 'others.distinct-entities' as required by the definition."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-identifier.label"
}