External Identifier

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
EI
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstərnəl aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪər/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. Tells the parser how to deal with a specific binary file type, as well as provides a name and an external identifier for a notation.
  2. Key : key ( make sure that you mark the key as the external identifier )
  3. For example, a user can change the parameter separator or external request identifier in the URL_Mapping_File.
  4. GetState : This method finds an external object with an identifier defined as a uri URI object and gets the object's values whose corresponding keys are specified in propertyNames.
  5. If the file that you want to reference through an external entity is not an XML file, you must also specify the format of that file following the system identifier, as in this example for a PNG file

Other meanings of EI