This register is the definitive list of agreed government data content requirements in development or approved. Each requirement covers a minimum compliance that needs to be met by all government organisations. Organisations should also take note of the preferred compliance (referred to in the base standard) and assess which meets their data needs.
Date of birth
Person name
Street address
Description: The date of birth is the year, month, and day a natural person was born. This requirement should be used to format date of birth data for sharing purposes.
Status: approved 12 December 2019.
Date of birth data content requirement [HTML]
Date of birth data content requirement [PDF 294 KB]
Description: This requirement should be used to format person name for sharing purposes.
Status: approved 12 December 2019.
Person name data content requirement [HTML]
Person name data content requirement [PDF 344 KB]
Description: This requirement should be used to format street address for sharing purposes.
Status: approved 12 December 2019.
Street address data content requirement [HTML]
Street address data content requirement [PDF 515 KB]
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Content last reviewed 11 January 2021.