Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Geographic location of organisation (SLA) |
Synonymous names: | Statistical local area of service provider |
METEOR identifier: | 377248 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 02/10/2009 |
Definition: | The geographical location of an agency using a five-digit numerical code which indicates the Statistical Local Area (SLA) within the State or Territory of Australia. |
Data Element Concept: | Service provider organisation—geographic location |
Value Domain: | Geographical location code (ASGC 2008) NNNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Geographical Classification 2008 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NNNNN | |
Maximum character length: | 5 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Details on which edition was used in a particular data set should be included in the documentation of metadata accompanying that data set. Coding to ASGC codes is preferably done using the ABS National Localities Index, to map actual address. In some data collections, a compromise has to be made and the ASGC code derived from suburb/town/locality and Postcode-Australian only. However, this solution results in some inaccuracy of information. The accurate recording of the state or territory is essential. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Service provider organisation—geographic location (SLA), code (ASGC 2007) NNNNN Community Services (retired), Superseded 09/04/2009 Has been superseded by Service provider organisation—geographic location (CD), code (ASGC 2009) NNNNNNN Community Services (retired), Superseded 09/12/2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011 Has been superseded by Service provider organisation—geographic location (SLA), code (ASGC 2009) NNNNN Community Services (retired), Superseded 18/01/2011 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability Services NMDS 2009-10 Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011 Implementation start date: 01/07/2009 DSS specific information: Where this data element is not able to be reported, postcode may be reported instead. Either the geographic location or postcode should be reported by funding departments in relation to all Service type outlets. |