Stable and unequivocal references to datasets, samples, …

In most cases, the number of items we deal with in our research – be it samples, calculations, measurements and alike – exceed by far what we can handle without any kind of system. Honestly, even more than ten different items usually are too many for humans to handle properly without a clear “naming scheme”.

Furthermore, analysis of data usually nearly always requires comparing multiple datasets. Hence, we need to be able to provide (unique) references to those items, be it datasets, samples, or else.