Identifiers

Overview

The sections here describe various user identifiers used in MOSIP.

UIN

Unique Identification Number (UIN), as the name suggests, is a unique number assigned to resident. UIN never changes and is non-revocable. UIN is randomized such that one should not be able to derive any Personal Identifyable Information (PII) from the number itself.

The rules that govern generation of a UIN are listed here

• uin configuration properties

• storage

VID

RID

PRID

APPID

• What is appid

• What is the relationship of appid, rid, prid (it at all)

• Is appid seen by residents on receipts, email, messages.

• Correction packet. Multiple appids associated with RIDs.

Token