This page documents an OPTIMADE Property Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/properties/core/immutable_id
Definition name: immutable_id
Property name: immutable ID
Description: The entry's immutable ID (e.g., a UUID).
Type: string
Requirements/Conventions:
Examples:
"8bd3e750-b477-41a0-9b11-3a799f21b44f"
"fjeiwoj,54;@=%<>#32"
JSON definition:
{
"$id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/properties/core/immutable_id",
"$schema": "https://schemas.optimade.org/meta/v1.2/optimade/property_definition.json",
"title": "immutable ID",
"x-optimade-type": "string",
"x-optimade-definition": {
"label": "immutable_id_core",
"kind": "property",
"version": "1.2.0",
"format": "1.2",
"name": "immutable_id"
},
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The entry's immutable ID (e.g., a UUID).\n\n**Requirements/Conventions:**\n\n- This is important for databases having preferred IDs that point to \"the latest version\" of a record, but still offer access to older variants.\n- This ID maps to the version-specific record, in case it changes in the future.",
"examples": [
"8bd3e750-b477-41a0-9b11-3a799f21b44f",
"fjeiwoj,54;@=%<>#32"
],
"x-optimade-unit": "inapplicable"
}