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Common Schema - Telephone Number. Details

Part 1: General Reference

Dictionary Entry Information
Dictionary Entry Name: Telephone Number. Details
UID: COM000030 Version: 1.0 Maturity Level: 2, Matured for adoption by B/Ds
on 13/02/2006
Status: Approved Last Updated: 13/02/2006
Other Versions: Nil
Related Schemas: Nil
Business Terms: Nil

Part 2: Information Model

Definition and Usage
Definition A number, including any exchange or location code, at which a person or an organization can be contacted by telephonic means.
Usage Rules According to ITU-T Rec E.164 (05/97), the Country Code together with the National Destination Code and Subscriber Number should contain no more than 15 digits.

Data Structure Diagram


Details of Basic Business Information Entities (BIEs) / Aggregated BIEs
Order UID Dictionary Entry Name Property Term Cardinality
Definition Data Type Restriction
1 COM000031 Telephone Number. Country Code. Text Country Code 0..1
Country code of telephone number (e.g. 852 for Hong Kong) String A maximum of 3 numeric digits
Maximum length: 3
2 COM000032 Telephone Number. National Destination Code. Text National Destination Code 0..1
National destination code of telephone number String A maximum of 15 numeric digits
Maximum length: 15
3 COM000033 Telephone Number. Subscriber Number. Text Subscriber Number >1
Subscriber number of telephone number String Maximum length: 15
4 COM000034 Telephone Number. Extension Number. Text Extension Number 0..1
Extension number of telephone number String Maximum length: 7

Related Code Lists
Nil

Part 3: Sample XML Data

Sample XML Code Segment
<MyProjectDataItem>
  <!-- other project data sub-items here -->
  <TelephoneNumberInMyProjectDataItem>
    <SubscriberNumber>98765432</SubscriberNumber>
  </TelephoneNumberInMyProjectDataItem>
  <!-- other project data sub-items here -->
</MyProjectDataItem>
(with country code, national destination code and non-numeric subscriber number)
<MyProjectDataItem>
  <!-- other project data sub-items here -->
  <TelephoneNumberInMyProjectDataItem>
    <CountryCode>1</CountryCode>
    <NationalDestinationCode>800</NationalDestinationCode>
    <SubscriberNumber>FEDINFO</SubscriberNumber>
  </TelephoneNumberInMyProjectDataItem>
  <!-- other project data sub-items here -->
</MyProjectDataItem>

Part 4: Context Categories

Context Categories
Business Process Classification In all contexts
Service / Product Classification In all contexts
Industry Classification In all contexts
Geopolitical In all contexts
Official Constraints None

Part 5: Related Materials

Supplementary References
Nil

Related Downloads
XML Schema for Telephone Number. Details v1.0
Core Component Types Schema
Common Schemas Spreadsheet ( Excel, Open Office 2.0 (.ods), HTML, XML )
Use of Common Schema Registration Form

 

 

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