- | Family name | String
[40]
| X[X(39)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item is collected for an agency contact person. |
- | Given name(s) | String
[40]
| X[X(39)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item is collected for an agency contact person. |
- | Name title | String
[12]
| A[A(11)] A combination of alphabetic characters that identify the title of a name. | DSS specific information: This item is collected for an agency contact person. |
- | Address line (service provider organisation) | String
[180]
| X[X(179)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Postcode—Australian (service provider organisation) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of legal entity. This item will be collected for both the postal and physical address of an agency. |
- | Building/complex sub-unit number (service provider organisation) | String
[7]
| X[X(6)] A combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Building/complex sub-unit type—abbreviation (service provider organisation) | String
[4]
| APT | Apartment | CTGE | Cottage | DUP | Duplex | FY | Factory | F | Flat | HSE | House | KSK | Kiosk | MSNT | Maisonette | MB | Marine Berth | OFF | Office | PTHS | Penthouse | RM | Room | SHED | Shed | SHOP | Shop | SITE | Site | SL | Stall | STU | Studio | SE | Suite | TNHS | Townhouse | U | Unit | VLLA | Villa | WARD | Ward | WE | Warehouse |
| DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Building/property name (service provider organisation) | String
[30]
| X[X(29)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Electronic communication address (service provider organisation) | String
[250]
| [X(250)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: Multiple forms of electronic communication(s) are recorded, such as telephone number, facsimile number and email address(es) of an agency. |
- | Electronic communication medium (service provider organisation) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Telephone (excluding mobile telephone) | 2 | Mobile (cellular) telephone | 3 | Facsimile machine | 4 | Pager | 5 | e-mail | 6 | URL | 8 | Other |
| Conditional obligation: Conditional on presence of an electronic communication address.DSS specific information: Multiple forms of electronic communication(s) are recorded, such as telephone number, facsimile number and email address(es) of an agency. |
- | Floor/level number (service provider organisation) | String
[4]
| [NNNA] A combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Floor/level type (service provider organisation) | String
[2]
| B | Basement | FL | Floor | G | Ground | L | Level | LG | Lower Ground | M | Mezzanine | UG | Upper Ground |
| DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | House/property number (service provider organisation) | String
[12]
| X[X(11)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Lot/section number (service provider organisation) | String
[15]
| N[X(14)] A combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Street name (service provider organisation) | String
[30]
| A[A(29)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Street suffix code (service provider organisation) | String
[2]
| CN | Central | E | East | EX | Extension | LR | Lower | N | North | NE | North East | NW | North West | S | South | SE | South East | SW | South West | UP | Upper | W | West |
| DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Street type code (service provider organisation) | String
[4]
| A[AAA] A code set representing abbreviated public thoroughfare types. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected for the postal address of both the legal entity and an agency. |
- | Suburb/town/locality name (service provider organisation) | String
[50]
| A[A(49)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | DSS specific information: This item is collected for both a legal entity and an agency. The postal address and physical address are recorded for an agency. The postal address, only, is recorded for the legal entity. |
- | Organisation name | String
[200]
| X[X(199)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | DSS specific information: This item is collected for the name of the agency and its legal entity. |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (service provider organisation) | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: This item is collected for both a legal entity and an agency. The postal address and physical address are recorded for an agency. The postal address, only, is recorded for the legal entity. |
- | Collection participation indicator | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: This data element is used to indicate that a service provider organisation provides data for the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS collection. |
- | Funding allocated | Currency
[9]
| N[N(8)] Total number of Australian dollars. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency. |
- | Funding end date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency. |
- | Funding start date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency. |
- | Local Government Area | Number
[5]
| NNNNN The ASGC (2010) code set representing geographical location. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency. |
- | Government funding allocated (agency level) | Currency
[9]
| N[N(8)] Total number of Australian dollars. | DSS specific information: This item relates to government funding amount(s) which are stipulated in the agency agreement for each financial year. It will be collected of an agency. |
- | Multiple delivery point indicator | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: A point of service delivery is the location at which an agency provides a service to a client. If an agency provides services to clients at more than one physical location, it has multiple service delivery points. In the SHED NMDS, this data element is used to indicate that a specialist homelessness agency is either the sole point of service delivery (i.e. it is the sole point at which specialist homelessness services are provided) or that it is one of a number of points of service delivery administered by the agency. In either case the agency is the sole point of data collection for the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS. This data element can be used to indicate that the geographical location of specialist homelessness services delivered by the agency may or may not be limited to the location associated with the reporting agency itself; that is, other points of service delivery may occur at other unspecified locations. In the SHED NMDS, this data element is associated with the data element Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, NNNNA. This item will be collected of an agency. |
- | Agency identifier (state/territory allocated) | String
[15]
| X(15) A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency |
- | Agency identifier | String
[5]
| NNNNA A logical combination of numeric and alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency. |
- | Region identifier | String
[60]
| X[59] A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency |
- | Temporary closure end date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: Conditional on temporary closure.DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency May be recorded as: Temporary closure end date 1; and Temporary closure end date 2.
|
- | Temporary closure start date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: Conditional on temporary closure.DSS specific information: This item will be collected of an agency May be recorded as: Re-open date 1; and Re-open date 2.
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