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Person (name)—name title, text A[A(11)]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termName title
METEOR identifier:Help on this term287166
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Definition:Help on this termAn honorific form of address, commencing a name, used when addressing a person by name, whether by mail, by phone, or in person, as represented by text.
Data Element Concept:Person (name)—name title

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termText
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termA[A(11)]
Maximum character length:Help on this term12

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termValid abbreviations from the Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of client information.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

Standards Australia 1999. Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of Client Information. Sydney: Standards Australia

Standards Australia 2002. Australian Standard AS5017-2002 Health Care Client Identification. Sydney: Standards Australia

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Mixed case should be used (rather than upper case only).

The Name title for Master should only be used for persons less than 15 years of age.

Name titles for Doctor and Professor should only be applicable to persons of greater than 20 years of age.

More than one Name title may be recorded e.g. Prof Sir John Markham.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Standards Australia

Origin:Help on this term

National Health Data Committee

National Community Services Data Committee

Standards Australia 1999. Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of Client Information. Sydney: Standards Australia Standards Australia 2002. Australian Standard AS5017-2002 Health Care Client Identification. Sydney: Standards Australia

Reference documents:Help on this term

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person (name)—name title, text A[A(11)]
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005
  • Health, Superseded 04/05/2005
Has been superseded by Person (name)—name title, text X[X(11)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014
Has been superseded by Person—name title, text X[X(11)]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 02/01/2019
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
  • Indigenous, Candidate 30/05/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Health care client identification DSSHealth, Superseded 03/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

For the purpose of positive identification of a person, each name title should be associated with a Name title sequence number.

Name title should not be confused with job title. An example of Name title is 'Mr' for Mister.


Health care client identification DSSHealth, Retired 20/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

For the purpose of positive identification of a person, each name title should be associated with a Name title sequence number.

Name title should not be confused with job title. An example of Name title is 'Mr' for Mister.


Health care provider identification DSSHealth, Superseded 04/07/2007

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

For the purpose of positive identification of a person, each name title should be associated with a Name title sequence number.

Name title should not be confused with job title. An example of Name title is 'Mr' for Mister.


Health care provider identification DSSHealth, Superseded 03/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

For the purpose of positive identification of a person, each name title should be associated with a Name title sequence number.

Name title should not be confused with job title. An example of Name title is 'Mr' for Mister.


Health care provider identification DSSHealth, Retired 20/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

For the purpose of positive identification of a person, each name title should be associated with a Name title sequence number.

Name title should not be confused with job title. An example of Name title is 'Mr' for Mister.


SAAP Administrative National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

Collected for the SAAP agency contact person.

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