National Community Services Data Dictionary, version 3

The National Community Services Data Dictionary, Version 3, contains definitions and data domains that are endorsed as national standards for use by those collecting community services data in Australia. Version 3 introduces metadata items that are common with the National Health Data Dictionary (NHDD) and updates metadata items: some following endorsement by the World Health Assembly of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF); and some to more closely relate to standards used for population and household surveys by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Use of the Dictionary will help ensure that community services data in Australia are uniform and of high quality. The format for metadata items is based on international standards.