What strategies have others used to ensure that tracked entities have unique 
IDs in the absence of an existing unique identifier?

For people, we're considering a combination of name, date of birth (or 
estimated date of birth), parent's names, place of birth, etc.
We're also considering a soundex like search feature to find people (since 
names and places could be misspelled).

The thing I'm not sure of is what is the best strategy to have the system 
auto-generate this ID in the absence of a national ID number?  i.e. The system 
requires minimum information and generates the ID based on the entered data.
Does this have to be implemented using a custom form for data entry with API 
interface for POST/GET?

Thanks!
Ed
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