Person (address)—non-Australian state/province, text [X(40)]
Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:
Data Element
Short name:
Non-Australian state/province (person)
Synonymous names:
International state/province
METeOR identifier:
288648
Registration status:
Community Services, Standard 30/09/2005 Health, Standard 04/05/2005
Definition:
The designation applied to an internal, political or geographic division of a country other than Australia that is officially recognised by that country that is associated with the address of a person, as represented by text.
The name of the state or territory or province should be recorded using the standard ASCII character set and should be done so in accordance with the official conventions of the country, for example, Hunan rather than Chinese characters.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Standard Australia
Origin:
AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia
Reference documents:
AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2006, Sydney: Standards Australia
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +
