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<h1>Concept - Attribute Id</h1>
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Every <a href="../attributes/index.html">Attribute</a> in every
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This Id is unique within the <a href="file_record.html">FILE Record</a>
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and is used to maintain data integrity.
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a field of the FILE Record
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each attribute has an id
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<dt>Next Attribute Id</dt>
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The Attribute Id that will be assigned to the next Attribute added to this
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<dd>N.B. Incremented each time it is used.</dd>
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<dd>N.B. Every time the MFT Record is reused this Id is set to zero.</dd>
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<dd>N.B. The first instance number is always 0.</dd>
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