The phrase "a common identifier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a term or label that is widely recognized or used to distinguish something within a specific context.
Example: "In our database, we use a common identifier to ensure that all entries can be easily referenced and retrieved."
Alternatives: "a shared identifier" or "a standard identifier".
We identified pairs of fully-mapped reads that share a common identifier to generate the set of contacts that we denote as F-F (fully-mapped - fully-mapped).
This highlights the need for a common identifier standardized across platforms, such as Entrez gene IDs, which will help to identify more common metastatic genes.
The first step is to establish a common identifier, usually an alpha-numeric string, across various touch points and data sets to help create a unified view of the customer.
But, he argued, uniting under a common identifier as Latinas/Latinos is useful in at least two respects — as a coalition-builder in changing entrenched systems and structures, and secondly as a way to achieve greater justice within the Latino community.
All elements need to have a common identifier that is available in all data sources.
The main benefit of this approach is that it sharply increases the potential for data integration, where two datasets are joined using a common identifier as the pivot point.
We used an algorithm which joins all records having any common identifier, implemented using set-based operations (see Methods), although we note that the operation can also be viewed as a graph clustering operation.
Then, make sure that your data is actionable, for example by using a unique, common identifier for individual consumers across all of your company's various channels and touchpoints.
A particular strength of our study was thus the ability to carry out linkage despite the absence of a unique common identifier.
These data provide little information on the movements of clients between the residential and acute care sectors, and the two datasets contain neither a common person identifier nor detailed identifying information (such as name).
Like peer-to-peer systems we expect that there will be a federation of repositories adopting common identifier systems and semantics.
