The present invention relates to creating and managing electronic
documents. In one implementation, a method includes obtaining electronic
data corresponding to an application document to obtain a driver's
license; analyzing the electronic data to detect steganographic indicia
encoded therein, the steganographic indicia comprising a plural-bit
identifier; and associating the plural-bit identifier with a plurality of
different records associated with an applicant or the application
document. Other implementations are provided as well.