Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | International postcode |
METEOR identifier: | 522252 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The coded descriptor for a postal delivery area (as defined by the postal service of a country) aligned with locality, suburb or place of an address, located in a country outside Australia, as represented by a code. |
Context: | It is collected for the purpose of obtaining a person's address. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Address—international postcode |
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METEOR identifier: | 522250 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The coded descriptor for a postal delivery area (as defined by the postal service of a country) aligned with locality, suburb or place of an address, located in a country outside Australia.
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Object class: | Address |
Property: | International postcode |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Text X[X(9)] |
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METEOR identifier: | 288981 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 04/05/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 |
Definition: | A combination of alphanumeric characters. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(9)] | |
Maximum character length: | 10 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A valid postcode for the country in which the address is located must be entered. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (address)—international postcode, text X[X(9)] Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Provider place of practice cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Conditional obligation: To be used if Individual service provider—country of employment in registered profession, Australia/other country code N equals 2 |