Master Veteran Index (MVI) Service

The authoritative source for person identity data. Maintains identity data for persons across VA systems. Provides a unique universal identifier for each person. Stores identity data as correlations for each system where a person is known. Provides a probabilistic matching algorithm. (Includes MPI, PSIM, and IdM TK) Maintains a gold copy known as a Primary View of the persons identity data. Broadcasts identity trait updates to systems of interest. Maintains a record locator service.

Data and Resources

Field Value
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • north-america
  • united-states
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license_id cc-zero
license_title Creative Commons CCZero
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-zero
maintainer Jeff Podolec
maintainer_email jeff.podolec@va.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-30T10:42:17.249476
metadata_modified 2025-11-30T10:42:17.249480
notes <p>The authoritative source for person identity data. Maintains identity data for persons across VA systems. Provides a unique universal identifier for each person. Stores identity data as correlations for each system where a person is known. Provides a probabilistic matching algorithm. (Includes MPI, PSIM, and IdM TK) Maintains a gold copy known as a Primary View of the persons identity data. Broadcasts identity trait updates to systems of interest. Maintains a record locator service.</p>
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num_tags 8
title Master Veteran Index (MVI) Service