Register of government data content requirements

This register is the definitive list of agreed government data content requirements in development or approved. Standardisation establishes consistent ways for describing and recording data across organisations. Consistency ensures there's only one way of talking about each different piece of information, helping us to:

maximise the value of data
create a more complete view to inform government policy and investment decisions
enable information sharing, and reconciling the data faster and more efficiently.

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.

Approved requirements

Date of birth

Person name

Street address

Requirements in development

Location – with working group.
Phone number – with working group.
Māori descent – on hold.
Iwi affiliation – on hold.

Date of birth

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.

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