Organisation—organisation name, text X[X(199)]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termOrganisation name
Synonymous names:Help on this termBusiness name; Entity name
METEOR identifier:Help on this term453823
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
  • Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Definition:Help on this term

The full title of an organisation's name by which it trades or is recognised, as represented by text.

Data Element Concept:Organisation—organisation name

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termText
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termX[X(199)]
Maximum character length:Help on this term200

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

An organisation may have multiple names.

Naming standards for incorporated companies are defined in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Schedule 6 of the Corporation Regulations.

Collection methods:Help on this term

If special characters or symbols form part of the name they should be included. This includes all characters from the standard printable ASCII character set such as the letters A-Z, hyphens, commas, apostrophes, @, # etc., as well as the non-standard or extended ASCII characters such as ü, á, é, ®, ™etc.

Mixed case should be used rather than upper case only.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:Help on this term

Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Service provider organisation (name)—organisation name, text X[X(199)]
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012
  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014
  • Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2012
Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of a preschool program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2013
Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of a preschool program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2015
Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2016
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2017
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 01/06/2018

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2018
Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2012
Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of a preschool program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2013
Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of a preschool program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2015
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2016
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2017
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2018
Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2019
Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2020
Early Childhood, Superseded 25/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2021
Early Childhood, Standard 25/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

DSS specific information:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers an early childhood education program to children.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates early childhood education programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.

Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of an early childhood education program.

The organisation name type data item is not required.


Gynaecological cancer (clinical) DSS
Health, Superseded 14/05/2015

Conditional obligation:

This data element is to be recorded when the data element Person—tissue sample collected indicator, yes/no code N indicates that a tissue sample has been collected.

DSS specific information:

Use this data element to record the name of the laboratory or biobank in which a tissue sample is stored. Collect this data element in conjunction with Person—tissue sample collected indicator, yes/no code N.

Gynaecological cancer (clinical) NBPDS
Health, Standard 14/05/2015

Conditional obligation:

This data element is to be recorded when the data element Person—tissue sample collected indicator, yes/no code N indicates that a tissue sample has been collected.

DSS specific information:

Use this data element to record the name of the laboratory or biobank in which a tissue sample is stored. Collect this data element in conjunction with Person—tissue sample collected indicator, yes/no code N.


Healthcare provider organisation cluster
Health, Standard 05/10/2016

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2018–19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21
Health, Retired 13/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020
Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 31/12/2020


Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2021
Indigenous, Standard 03/07/2022

Implementation start date: 01/01/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Juvenile Justice Detention file cluster
Community Services (retired), Not progressed 23/01/2018
Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022

DSS specific information:

This Data Element is used in the Detention file cluster to identify the name of the youth justice remand or detention centre where the young person is detained.

If the detention end date of the current detention period is after the detention start date of the next detention period, the organisation name (youth justice remand or detention centre) of the current period and the next detention period must be the same.


Mental health non-government organisation establishments DSS (draft - this is NOT the new NMDS!)
Health, Recorded 04/07/2012

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013


Mental health organisation details cluster
Health, Standard 13/11/2014

Organisation details data dictionary
Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Prison establishments NBEDS
Health, Standard 28/04/2016

Youth Justice Detention file cluster
Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

DSS specific information:

This Data Element is used in the Detention file cluster to identify the name of the youth justice remand or detention centre where the young person is detained.

If the detention end date of the current detention period is after the detention start date of the next detention period, the organisation name (youth justice remand or detention centre) of the current period and the next detention period must be the same.


Youth Justice Detention file cluster
Youth Justice, Qualified 29/06/2022

DSS specific information:

This Data Element is used in the Detention file cluster to identify the name of the youth justice remand or detention centre where the young person is detained.

If the detention end date of the current detention period is after the detention start date of the next detention period, the organisation name (youth justice remand or detention centre) of the current period and the next detention period must be the same.