Address—international country code, N[NNNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | International country code |
| Synonymous names: | Country code |
| METEOR identifier: | 434151 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
| Definition: | The standard international country code, used in conjunction with landline telephone, mobile telephone and facsimile numbers that also describes the location of an entity, as represented by a one-to-five digit number. |
| Data Element Concept: | Address—international country code |
| Value Domain: | International country code N[NNNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Identifier | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[NNNN] | |
| Maximum character length: | 5 | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | A list of the standard international country codes can be found at: http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164D-2011-PDF-E.pdf |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Reference documents: | International Telecommunication Union 2011. List of ITU-T recommendation E.164 assigned country codes. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union. Viewed 11 July 2011, http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164D-2011-PDF-E.pdf |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | A country code can consist of one-digit up to five-digits; no leading numbers should be entered if the number is less than 5 digits. When a country code is used in conjunction with an area code and phone number it should be arranged in the following order. (Country code) + (Area Code) + phone number Usage Example: Code 61 - Australia Country codes should be stored as the 1-5 numbers in a row, but rules can be set up to display the number in a different format, e.g. ## ###. Country codes are also usually defined with a ‘+’ prefix, this is common for all country codes and can be added to the display via a rule. It should not be stored. |
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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: | See also Address—Australian area code, code NN Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 See also Address—telephone number, text X[X(15)] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 See also Address—telephone number, text X[X(19)] WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Electronic contact details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |