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An IFID is a specific type of UUID used for uniquely identifying works for bnoth new and legacy works of interactive fiction.

Bibliographic Metadata in TADS Games: IFIDs.
Online TADS IFID Generator. Use this for new TADS games. For older games, you want to use an MD5 hash; see previous link.

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	An [[IFID]] is a ~~technical standard, similar to ISBN~~. ~~An IFID is a unique identifier string of digits, letters, and hyphens that can be~~ used ~~by archivists, cataloguers, and so on to~~ uniquely ~~identify a work of interactive fiction, both~~ for new and legacy works~~. See section 2.2~~ of ~~the [[Treaty of Babel]]~~.		An [[IFID]] is a specific type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_Unique_Identifier UUID] used for uniquely identifying works for bnoth new and legacy works of interactive fiction.

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