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released: 23 Aug 2010

The National Community Services Data Dictionary (NCSDD) (including national minimum data sets (NMDS)) purpose is to provide national standards on the community services reporting framework for both statistical and clinical analysis which provides meaningful input to community discussion and public policy debate on community services issues in Australia, as part of the METeOR metadata online registry. The Dictionary is available online at http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/274816. This version confirms to international standard ISO/IEC 11179 Information Technology Metadata Registries (MDR), 2003.

ISSN 1440-8872; ISBN 978-1-74249-054-0; Cat. no. HWI 109; INTERNET ONLY

Full publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (347KB PDF)
    • Title and verso pages
    • Acknowledgments
    • Contents
    • Summary of updates to the National community services data dictionary (NCSDD) since version 5 (HTML)
  • Body section
    • National community services data dictionary version 6
    • Data elements (1.1MB PDF) 
    • National minimum data sets (122KB PDF)
      • Child protection and support services (CPSS) - care and protection order episode NMDS pilot (2008)
      • Child protection and support services (CPSS) - notifications, investigations, and substantiations NMDS pilot (2008)
      • Child protection and support services (CPSS) - out-of-home care NMDS pilot (2008)
      • Children’s Services NMDS
      • Disability Services NMDS (July 2009)
      • Juvenile Justice NMDS 2009
      • SAAP Administrative National Minimum Data Set
      • SAAP Client Collection National Minimum Data Set
      • SAAP Demand for Accommodation National Minimum Data Set
    • Data set specifications (137KB PDF)
      • Functioning and Disability DSS
    • Data element clusters (166KB PDF)
    • Object classes (188KB PDF) 
    • Properties (440KB PDF) 
    • Classification schemes (164KB PDF)
      • Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First edition, 2006
      • Australian Standard Classification of Education 2001
      • Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2005
      • Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups 2005
      • Australian Standard Geographical Classification 2009
      • Family, household and income unit variables (family composition) 2005
      • Family, household and income unit variables (relationship in household) 2005
      • International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 2001
      • National Classifications of Community Services version 2.0
      • Postcode datafile
      • Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2008
    • Glossary items (240KB PDF)
    • Companion guide (153KB PDF)
      • What are the national data dictionaries?
        • Governance
      • Why use metadata standards?
        • How are metadata standards developed?
        • Registration status progression
        • Who benefits from using metadata standards?
      • Metadata structure
        • Types of metadata
        • Components of data elements
        • Integration of data elements in data dictionaries
      • Formulation of good data standards
      • METeOR
    • Data elements listed by technical name (118KB PDF)
  • End matter (103KB PDF)
    • Feedback and contact details
      • METeOR and Metadata Unit
      • AIHW secretariat

Recommended citation

AIHW 2010. National Community Services Data Dictionary, version 6. Cat. no. HWI 109. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468386>.