identity

[OED]: 1. a. The quality or condition of being the same in substance, composition, nature, properties, or in particular qualities under consideration; absolute or essential sameness; oneness; 2. a. The sameness of a person or thing at all times or in all circumstances; the condition or fact that a person or thing is itself and not something else; individuality, personality.

identity

Identify objects by type or category (p. 91, b 698);

identity

Source: 
Golledge (1995)
Providing identity is the process of equating an occurrence with a name or label (p. 31).
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