Address—country identifier, country code (ISO 3166) AA

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Country code of address
METEOR identifier:	430165
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
Definition:	The country identifier of an address, as represented by the International Standards Organisation code for countries.
Data Element Concept:	Address—country identifier

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Classification scheme:	International Standards Organisation codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, Part 1: Country codes (ISO 3166, 2006)
Representation class:	Identifier
Data type:	String
Format:	AA
Maximum character length:	2
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	AUSTRALIA should not be printed on domestic mail. For international mailing purposes the full country name must be used. Mail for Australian Island Territories (e.g. Christmas Island, Norfolk Island) is treated as Australian domestic mail with the name of the island included as the locality information. This data element is one of a number of items that can be used to create a primary address, as recommended by the AS 4590-2006 Interchange of client information standard. Components of the primary address are: Address site (or Primary complex) name Address number or number range Road name (name/type/suffix) Locality State/Territory Postcode (optional) Country (if applicable).
Collection methods:	If this data element is blank the address is by default an Australian address.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Person (address)—country identifier, code (SACC 2008) NNNN Community Services (retired), Superseded 28/02/2012 Health, Superseded 28/02/2012 Has been superseded by Address—country identifier, country code (SACC 2011) NNNN Health, Superseded 06/12/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Address details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015