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[Stanley Kalyati <skalyati@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would surely want to learn this too.

Cheers!

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Edward Robinson <
erobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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