Identifier—identifier designation, text X[X(19)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Identifier designation |
Synonymous names: | Identifier value; Party identifier |
METEOR identifier: | 466235 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Definition: | An alphanumeric identifier, assigned by an organisation, establishment or agency, used to uniquely identify an entity, as represented by text. |
Data Element Concept: | Identifier—identifier designation |
Value Domain: | Text X[X(19)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(19)] | |
Maximum character length: | 20 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Any interchange of identifier designations shall be performed in accordance with privacy guidelines and legislation defined in the Interchange of Client Information, Appendix G , Privacy principles: "The Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) is the principal piece of legislation providing protection of personal information in the federal public sector and in the private sector. The Privacy Act provides eleven Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) for the federal public sector and ten National Privacy Principles (NPPs) for private sector organisations. ‘Organisation’ is defined broadly to include a body corporate, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a trust or an individual. The possible values are not standardised or codified, as the data is dependent on the issuer and type of identifier. Examples:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Identifier—identifier designation, text X[X(19)] Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Party identifier details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |