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[Edward Robinson <erobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What strategies have others used to ensure that tracked entities have unique IDs in the absence of an existing unique identifier?

For people, we're considering a combination of name, date of birth (or estimated date of birth), parent's names, place of birth, etc.
We're also considering a soundex like search feature to find people (since names and places could be misspelled).

The thing I'm not sure of is what is the best strategy to have the system auto-generate this ID in the absence of a national ID number?  i.e. The system requires minimum information and generates the ID based on the entered data.
Does this have to be implemented using a custom form for data entry with API interface for POST/GET?

Thanks!
Ed