identifier resolution system

C12581
concept

An identifier resolution system is a mechanism that maps unique identifiers to their corresponding resources or entities, enabling consistent lookup, retrieval, and management across distributed or heterogeneous environments.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
dependency resolver 1
identifier resolution system canonical 1
persistent identifier provider 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: identifier resolution system
Generated description
An identifier resolution system is a mechanism that maps unique identifiers to their corresponding resources or entities, enabling consistent lookup, retrieval, and management across distributed or heterogeneous environments.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
ORCID researcher identifier system
name service switch (NSS)
surface form: name service switch
system database lookup mechanism
Handle System
libsolv dependency resolver