Language code (ASCL 1997) N[NNN]
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 270822 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 04/04/2006 |
Definition: | The ASCL (1997) code set representing languages. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 4 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Revision status: | Original 1997 - Standard. The ABS has just completed a review of the Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL). The revised edition is expected to be released in July 2005. If you require information about the revised classification before then, please email: [email protected] or telephone the Standards Support Hotline on (02) 6252 5736. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Language code (ASCL 2005) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011 Health, Superseded 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—first language spoken, code (ASCL 1997) N[NNN] Community Services (retired), Superseded 29/04/2006 Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006 |
Classification scheme attributes | |
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Languages 1997 |
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Synonymous names: | |
METEOR identifier: | 270552 |
Definition: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) classification for the languages spoken by Australians. |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 30/09/2005 Health, Superseded 08/02/2006 |
Classification structure: | The ASCL has a three-level hierarchical structure. Languages are grouped together into progressively broader categories on the basis of their evolution from a common ancestral language, and on the basis of geographic proximity of areas where a particular language originated. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The ASCL is intended for use in the collection, aggregation and dissemination of data relating to the language use of the Australian population, or subsets of the population. Indexes in alphabetical and numerical order are available, see the Origin: attribute. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 1997. Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL) 1997. Cat. no. 1267.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 4 January 2005, http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/66f306f503e529 Indexes in alphabetical and numerical order included. |
Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 1998. A guide to major ABS Classifications. Cat no. 1291.0 Canberra: ABS. Viewed 4 January 2005, http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/66f306f503e529a5ca |