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Data dictionary for NSW Dept. Communities and Justice/FACSIAR Data Governance Committee (Registration Authority) showing concepts registered as Standard on .

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Concepts
Name Definition Registered from Registered until
Record: Alternative Assessment ID, X(19) Data Element Unique ID assigned to the Alternate Assessment record by ChildStory (first record) Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Assessment Number Data Element Concept A sequence of characters which uniquely identifies an Assessment record, preserved in a lasting form. Jan. 13, 2023 --
Record: Assessment Number, AAA - NNNNNN Data Element Unique ID assigned to record associated with Out Of Home Care (OOHC) Jan. 13, 2023 --
Record: Assessment Record Identifier Data Element Concept Unique ID assigned to an assessment record by ChildStory Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Assessment Record, Identifier X(18) Data Element Unique ID assigned to an assessment record by ChildStory Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Batch Id Data Element Concept System generated identification. May 4, 2022 --
Record: Batch Id, Text X(200) Data Element System generated identification generated when (data) ingested into BigQuery, represented by text. May 4, 2022 --
Record: Child Indicator Data Element Concept An indicator that a row in a dataset relates to a record of whether an individual is under 18 years of... Sept. 9, 2021 --
Record: Child Indicator, Count Code X Data Element A code that indicates that a row in a dataset relates to a record of whether an individual is under... Sept. 9, 2021 --
Record: Consent Indicator Data Element Concept Whether consent is given or not. April 8, 2021 --
Record: Consent Indicator, No/Yes Code N Data Element Whether consent is given or not, recorded as a code set representing 'no' and 'yes'. (0 and 1) April 8, 2021 --
Record: Contact Identifier Data Element Concept The unique identification number for a Child Protection contact entity (person/organisation) Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Contact Identifier, N(8) Data Element Unique identifier for a Child Protection contact record (Concern Report). The contact record documents the details of the child protection concerns... Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Contact Record Identifier Data Element Concept The unique identification number for a Child Protection contact record (Concern Report) Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Contact Record Identifier, X(18) Data Element Unique identifier for a Child Protection contact record (Concern Report) Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record Count Code X Value Domain An indicator that a row in a dataset relates to a record. Sept. 9, 2021 --
Record: Current Record Indicator Data Element Concept Whether a record is current or active. April 7, 2021 --
Record: Current Record Indicator, No/Yes Code N Data Element Whether a record is current or active, recorded as a code set representing 'no' and 'yes'. April 7, 2021 --
Record: Date Data Element Concept A sequence of numbers identifying a particular year, month, and day Jan. 13, 2023 --
Record: Date, Day DD Data Element A sequence of numbers identifying a day Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, Day Label A(9) Data Element The name of a particular day of the week Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, Day of week N Data Element A sequence of numbers identifying a day of the week Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, Day of year NNN Data Element A sequence of numbers identifying a day (starting with day 1 on January 1st) Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, ISO Week NN Data Element Week number (according to the ISO-8601 standard) for a particular date Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, Month Label A(9) Data Element The name of a particular month Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, Month MM Data Element A sequence of numbers identifying a particular month Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: DateTime Stamp Data Element Concept A sequence of characters or encoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, at a particular time of day. April 7, 2021 --
Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD Data Element A sequence of characters or encoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, on what day, and optionally including what particular time... April 7, 2021 --
Record: Date, Week NN Data Element Week number for a particular date Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, Year YYYY Data Element A sequence of numbers identifying a particular year Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Date, YYYY / MM Data Element A sequence of numbers identifying a particular year and month Jan. 13, 2023 --
Record: Date, YYYY-MM-DD Data Element Calendar date relating to a record, represented by a sequence of numbers identifying a particular year (YYYY), month (MM), and... Aug. 8, 2024 --
Record: Field Assessment Identifier Data Element Concept Unique Identifier assigned to Field Assessment record by ChildStory Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Field Assessment, Identifier X(19) Data Element Unique Identifier assigned to Field Assessment record by ChildStory Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Filename Data Element Concept File name ingested May 4, 2022 --
Record: Filename, Text X(200) Data Element File name (data) ingested into BigQuery, represented by text. May 4, 2022 --
Record: File Source Data Element Concept A code which identifies a file source, preserved in a lasting form. Nov. 25, 2021 --
Record: File Source Type, Code A(4) Data Element A code that represents the File Source Type. Nov. 25, 2021 --
Record: Financial Year Data Element Concept The fiscal year or twelve month accounting period, (which in Australia commences 1 July of a given calendar year and... April 8, 2021 --
Record: Financial Year, YY-YY Data Element The fiscal year or twelve month accounting period, which in Australia commences 1 July of a given calendar year and... May 4, 2022 --
Record: Financial Year, YYYY-YY Data Element The fiscal year or twelve month accounting period, which in Australia commences 1 July of a given calendar year and... April 8, 2021 --
Record: Helpline Assessment ID Data Element Concept Unique ID assigned to last Helpline assessment record associated with the contact Source system: Childstory - Generated CIW folder: Assessment: Helpline Assessment... Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Helpline Assessment ID, XXX-NNNNNNN Data Element Unique ID assigned to last Helpline assessment record associated with the contact Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Identifier Data Element Concept A sequence of characters which uniquely identifies an entity of an account of something, preserved in a lasting form. Nov. 25, 2021 --
Record: Identifier, A(3)-N(7) Data Element A sequence of characters represented as an alphanumeric string which uniquely identifies a record, preserved in a lasting form. Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Identifier, N(12) Data Element Numeric identifier allocated during processing to uniquely identify this support period Nov. 25, 2021 --
Record: Identifier, N(8) Data Element A sequence of characters represented as a numeric string which uniquely identifies a data warehouse record. Sept. 12, 2024 --
Record: Identifier, X(10) Data Element A sequence of characters represented as an alphanumeric string which uniquely identifies an entity of an account of something, preserved... May 4, 2022 --
Record: Identifier, X(18) Data Element Unique ID assigned to a record for a child or young person, as represented by a sequence of characters. Jan. 13, 2023 --
Record: Ingest Type Data Element Concept The process of transporting data recorded in a table of data to a target site for further processing and analysis. May 4, 2022 --