Person—person identifier (household), [X(9)]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Person ID
Synonymous names:	Person ID
METeOR identifier:	270349
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006
Data Element Concept:	Person—person identifier (household)
Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Identifier
Data type:	String
Format:	[X(9)]
Maximum character length:	9
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Collection methods:	Preferably agencies should allocate a unique identifier to a person when they are placed on the waiting list, and this identifier should then remain when/if they receive assistance. This enables the matching of waitlist data with assistance data.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Person ID, version 2, DE, NHADD, NHDAMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.1 KB) Has been superseded by Person—person identifier (household), X[X(14)] Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006

Value domain attributes