Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Acknowledgments
    • Contents
    • Summary of updates to the National community services data dictionary (NCSDD) since version 5
  • Body section
    • National community services data dictionary version 6
    • Data elements
    • National minimum data sets 
      • 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 
      • Functioning and Disability DSS
    • Data element clusters
    • Object classes 
    • Properties
    • Classification schemes 
      • 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
    • Companion guide 
      • 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
  • End matter 
    • Feedback and contact details
      • METeOR and Metadata Unit
      • AIHW secretariat