Record—linkage key

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METEOR identifier:	349891
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 21/05/2010 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:	A key that enables the bringing together of two or more records that are believed to belong to the same individual.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Record
Definition:	An account of something, preserved in a lasting form.
Specialisation of:	Service/care event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Linkage key
Definition:	A key that enables the bringing together of two or more things.
Property group:	Identifier characteristics

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYN Community Services (retired), Standard 21/05/2010 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYX Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018