Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Organisation identifier (early childhood education and care) |
METEOR identifier: | 557881 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Standard 28/05/2014 |
Definition: | A unique identifier assigned to each service which delivers child care services or early childhood education programs to children. |
Data Element Concept: | Service provider organisation—organisation identifier |
Value Domain: | Identifier X(15) |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Identifier | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X(15) | |
Maximum character length: | 15 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The service identifier includes components that identify main service type, state/territory and a number for each service. Each service included in the Early Childhood and Education data collection should have a unique identifier at the national level. All individual caregivers working for family day care/in-home care services are provided with the same service identifier as the service in which they work. |
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Comments: | The number may be used to identify particular records that require some follow-up contact with services to resolve any queries on the data reported. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Steward: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X(15) Community Services (retired), Standard 21/05/2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 DSS specific information: Should be reported for the location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. A discrete identifier should be supplied for each early childhood education program operated as a separate campus or ‘satellite’ of a parent service provider organisation. Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 DSS specific information: Should be reported for the location at which the early childhood education program is delivered. A discrete identifier should be supplied for each early childhood education program operated as a separate campus or ‘satellite’ of a parent service provider organisation. |