Address—telephone number, text X[X(15)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Telephone number |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 452682 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The number, used as a contact method, that is associated to a unique provision of telephone service, as represented by text. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Address—telephone number |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class:![]() | Text |
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Data type:![]() | String |
Format:![]() | X[X(15)] |
Maximum character length:![]() | 16 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | Australian telephone numbers are usually 6 to 10 digits in length. Alphabetic characters can be either upper or lower case as defined by the client. Each alphabetic character represents a number; it can be listed as either a number or letter depending on the clients’ preference. The format and length of a telephone number is dependent on the attribute(s) of the device and how the device connects to the telephone network. For simplicity the standard has not separately recorded the fact that an attribute of a device may imply that it needs to use a mobile phone network, landline or other type of telephone network. This in turn influences the naming standard for the telephone number. |
Collection methods:![]() | Telephone numbers should be stored as characters in a row, but rules can be set up to display the number in a different format, e.g. #### ### ###. When a telephone number is used in conjunction with a country code the leading 0 at the start of the telephone is to be removed e.g. 0453176731 becomes 61 453176731 or 03 999 66 999 becomes 61 3 999 66 999. Mobile telephone number |
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—telephone number, text X[X(39)]
See also Address—Australian area code, code NN
See also Address—electronic contact preference indicator, code NN
See also Address—international country code, N[NNNN]
See also Address—telephone number, text X[X(19)]
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 07/12/2017 DSS specific information: This data element is used to collect the landline phone number of the contact person for the OATSIH Services Reporting (OSR) questionnaire. Indigenous, Superseded 07/12/2017 DSS specific information: This data element is used to collect the landline phone number of the contact person for the OATSIH Services Reporting (OSR) questionnaire. Indigenous, Standard 07/12/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 DSS specific information: This data element is used to collect the landline phone number of the contact person for the OATSIH Services Reporting (OSR) questionnaire. Indigenous, Standard 07/12/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 DSS specific information: This data element is used to collect the landline phone number of the contact person for the OATSIH Services Reporting (OSR) questionnaire. Indigenous, Standard 07/12/2017 DSS specific information: The first instance of this data element is used to collect the landline phone number of the contact person for the OATSIH Services Reporting (OSR) questionnaire. The second instance of this data element is used to collect the mobile phone number of the contact person for the OSR questionnaire. |