UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Organisation Name
Is Part Of
Organisation Information
Has Parts  
Version 2.0 
Status Release 
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Date Agreed 11 September 2003

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Name

Organisation Name
Description The name by which an organisation wishes to be known or the official name given to an organisation.
Business Format Max 255 characters
Element Type Data Item
XML Schema
View whole schema document OrganisationIdentifierTypes as XML
View definition OrganisationNameType as HTML
Validations
1. Any allowable character from UNICODE set of characters.
2. Each element of the name must be separated by a space.
3. Consecutive spaces are not allowed.
Value
DefaultValue
Owner DTG
Based On
Verification
Comments
  • Amended as the result of discussion at Schema Group on 21 August 2002-09-21 from 70 characters to 255 characters.
  • The use of this type will be governed by business rules, that is whether the organisation name refers to its Legal, Trading or Abbreviated name.