UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Person Initials
Is Part Of
Has Parts  
Version 1.1 
Status Release 
Previous Versions  
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Date Agreed 1 March 2002
UML diagram Person Name UML diagram

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Person Initials
Description Used to record a person's initials.
Business Format Max 35 characters with a space between each initial.
Element Type Data Type
XML Schema
View whole schema document Person DescriptiveTypes as XML
View definition PersonInitialsType as HTML
Validation
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Owner DTG
Based On
Verification
Comment
  • Proposed March 2002.
    This can be used to record a person's full set of initials or used in conjunction with and in addition to a Person Given Name.
    General practice of central departments is to record the first Given Name in full and then use initials for other Given names.