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by other tables. Because POIDs, like surrogate keys, do not carry business information, they are immune to changes in the form or meaning of business data. It can therefore make it easier to maintain relations between objects and make queries simpler.
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What is a Persistent Object Identifier and why should I care?
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database
unique identifier
primary key
surrogate key
foreign key
Natural key
Primary key
Surrogate key
Unique key
Object identifier
S2CID
64459959
cite web
help
help
Persistent Object ID Service
What is a Persistent Object Identifier and why should I care?
Persistent Object
Categories
Database theory
Identifiers

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