Archival Intelligence and the term "collection number"

We are revising our archival finding aids to be more archival-intelligence friendly (more plain language, less jargon) and are trying to find alternative for the term "collection number" or "unique identifier." What terms do you use/suggest using?

ArchivistSariM

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Answer by TJPuccio

Anything you pick will seem like jargon to somebody else until they learn the distinctions. Choosing words out of a thesaurus as if similar means equal, is like saying that all ice cream flavors taste like ice cream.

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