4240.0.55.002 - National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: Data Collection Guide, 2011

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Contents >> Data Element Collection Instructions >> Unit Record Level (URL) Data >> Statistical Entity: Service Provider Organisation - URL >> Organisation Name - URL

ORGANISATION NAME

Technical name: Service provider organisation (name) - organisation name, text [X(200)]
METeOR identifier: 288917
METeOR link: http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/288917
METeOR definition: The appellation by which an establishment, agency or organisation is known or called, as represented by text.

Scope
Inclusions: The service provider's full operating or trading name, including a campus name or satellite school name where relevant, for all early childhood education and care services that deliver a preschool program.
Exclusions:

The registered business name, where materially different from the name of the service delivering the preschool program that it manages or owns.

Early childhood education and care services that do not deliver a preschool program.

Underlying Concepts
Concept: Organisation name.
Nominal definition: The operating or trading name, including the campus name or satellite school name, of the early childhood education and care service.
Operational definition: Consistent with nominal definition.
Supporting data elements: Organisation identifier
Conceptual issues: N/A

Standard Jurisdictional Output Categories
Representation class: Text
Data type: String
Format: [X(200)], for example: Lavender Gardens Preschool
Maximum character length: 200

Guide for Use
This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children. Generally, the complete establishment, agency or organisation name should be used to avoid any ambiguity in identification.

Counting rules:

This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program.

The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of the early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.

The name of the institution may or may not include a Pty Ltd business name.

A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used. For example, St Joseph's Kindergarten may operate two separate preschool programs at centres located in different geographical areas so each centre should be listed with a distinguishable name, such as 'St Joseph's Kindergarten - Brighton' and 'St Joseph's Kindergarten - Gawler'.

Classification Definitions
CODE ns - Not stated/inadequately described
For use when the organisation name of the service provider is unknown, not stated or inadequately described. Where the organisation name is unknown, the ABS requests that jurisdictions provide the reason for the unknown response and document any follow-up processes undertaken.

Other Information
Related aggregate data elements: Organisation name.