Person (name)—name title, text X[X(11)]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Name title |
| Synonymous names: | Salutation |
| METEOR identifier: | 453731 |
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| Definition: | An 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 |
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| Representation class: | Text | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | String | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format: | X[X(11)] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Valid abbreviations from the Standards Australia AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||
| Origin: | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Name title is a prefix to a person's name. Name title should not be confused with a person's job title. This data element may be repeated where more than one name title is associated with a person, e.g. Honourable Doctor (Hon Dr). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Collection methods: | This data element is to be interchanged in its abbreviated format; standard abbreviations for some common English language Name Titles are listed at Appendix A of Standards Australia AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. 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. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||
| Origin: | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (name)—name title, text A[A(11)]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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