UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Person Given Name

Is Part Of
Has Parts  
Version 1.0 
Status Release 
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Date Agreed 1 January 2002
UML diagram Person Name UML diagram

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Name

Person Given Name

Description The forename or given name of a person.
Business Format Max. 35 characters. Repeating group.
Element Type Data Type
XML Schema
View whole schema document Person DescriptiveTypes as XML
View definition PersonGivenNameType as HTML
Validations
1. Any allowable character from UNICODE set of characters.
2. Consecutive spaces are not allowed.
Value
DefaultValue
Owner DTG
Based On BSEN 7372:1993
Verification
Comment
  • A person can have multiple occurrences of a given name.