An identification algorithm requires a registry

The use of names, therefore, is an identification mechanism, an algorithm for that purpose (identification), that is used by humans to serve their need to process information. An identification algorithm, however, requires a registry; it is the information platform that is the state that provides that registry. It is up to humans to decide how far identification goes, that is, whether certain categories of Beings and Things (animals, organisations, boats etc.) after being named as such, also need to have specific names for their individual members (and to what extent), so as for them to become uniquely identifiable in space and time among their kind; for example, planets are individually named; ships, too; elephants are not; only some drones are.

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