Who is using automatic IDs?

Automatic IDs have been used for decades to generate Product Keys and integrity codes for digital products. They provide a procedure-free and expense-free solution for creating IDs and verifying data on the fly, without the mediation of any third party.

Many digital formats, like Microsoft™ .doc documents and .asf videos, already include automatically generated IDs. Amazon™ uses their own ID scheme for Kindle Direct Publishing ebooks. IABN proposes using SHA identifiers, which are an international standard and remove the need of modifying the original file.

Hash IDs are already an integral part of computing. Filesystems use them routinely to keep track of files and data. All operative systems include tools to calculate hash IDs.