Person (name)—name suffix, text X[XXXX]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Name suffix |
| Synonymous names: | Post nominal |
| METEOR identifier: | 453756 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
| Definition: | Additional term following a person's name used to identify a person when addressing them by name, whether by mail, by phone, or in person, as represented by text. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person (name)—name suffix |
| Value Domain: | Name suffix text X[XXXX] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Text | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | X[XXXX] | |
| Maximum character length: | 5 | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Valid abbreviations from the Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Origin: | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Name suffixes include honours, awards and other denominations that follow a person name, usually as an acronym or abbreviation. Any, or a combination of, abbreviations listed in Appendix A of Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information may be used. |
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| Collection methods: | This data element may have multiple occurrences as more than one name suffix may be associated with a person, e.g. Queen's Counsel and Justice of the Peace (QC, JP). |
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (name)—name suffix, text A[A(11)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Health, Standard 04/05/2005 Has been superseded by Person—name suffix, text X[X(4)] Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Person details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |