Definition
A GlobalID is a universally unique identifier assigned to a physical componentA replaceable part inside a fixed asset. It has its own age, its own history and its own service life - independent of the asset it sits in. once and never changed. The point is that identity should not depend on which system happens to own the data: the same transformer carries the same GlobalID in the asset register, the maintenance system, the GISGeographic Information System - system for collecting, storing and analyzing location-based data - used in network mapping and planning. and the accounts. Without such an identifier, systems must be joined on attributes like serial number, location or name - and all three change over time.