CONFIGURATION IDENTIFICATION: The configuration management function that encompasses the selection of configuration items which are to be separately configuration managed, organization of system into a hierarchical structure of all its components, the determination of the types of configuration documentation required for the system and its components; the issuance of identifiers to be affixed to the system and its components; and to the technical documentation that defines their configuration; the release of Configuration Items and their associated configuration documentation; and the establishment of configuration baselines for Configuration Ite