< Back

Person Chinese Name. Details

Part 1: General Reference

Dictionary Entry Information
Dictionary Entry Name: Person Chinese Name. Details
UID: COM000016	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: Person. English. Name
Business Terms: Nil

Part 2: Information Model

Definition and Usage
Definition	The name of a person in Chinese, optionally with Chinese Commercial Code (CCC).
Usage Rules	Repeat the whole structure for storing additional names as alias. The number of occurrence of 'Person Chinese Name. Chinese Commercial Code' (if not equal to 0) should equal the number of characters in 'Person Chinese Name. Name'.

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	COM000017	Person Chinese Name. Name	Name	1
The name of a person in Chinese.			String	Maximum length: 6
2	COM000018	Person Chinese Name. Chinese Commercial Code	Chinese Commercial Code	0..6
Optional Chinese Commercial Code (CCC) printed on the HKID Card, with optional 1-digit extension.			N/A	N/A
2.1	COM000020	Chinese Commercial Code. Four Digit Code. Text	Four Digit Code	1
4-digit Chinese Commercial Code (CCC) printed on the HKID Card			String	4 numeric digits Length: 4
2.2	COM000021	Chinese Commercial Code. Extension Number. Text	Extension Number	0..1
Optional 1-digit extension of the Chinese Commercial Code (CCC). In some cases, a Chinese character may be written in multiple ways (i.e. represented by more than one glyphs), this extension code is used by the Immigration Department and some other government departments to indicate which glyph to use when displaying or printing that Chinese character. There are also some rare cases where a CCC may be used to represent more than one Chinese characters, in these cases, this extension code will be used to indicate which character it is referring to.			String	1 numeric digit Length: 1

Related Code Lists
Nil

Part 3: Sample XML Data

Sample XML Code Segment

Sample XML Code Segment
`<MyProjectDataItem> <!-- other project data sub-items here --> <PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> <Name>陳偉民</Name> </PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> <!-- other project data sub-items here --> </MyProjectDataItem>` (with alias) `<MyProjectDataItem> <!-- other project data sub-items here --> <PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> <Name>陳偉民</Name> </PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> <ChineseAliasInMyProjectDataItem> <Name>陳大文</Name> </ChineseAliasInMyProjectDataItem> <!-- other project data sub-items here --> </MyProjectDataItem>` (with CCC) <MyProjectDataItem> <!-- other project data sub-items here --> <!-- Please note that the 2nd and 3rd Chinese Characters have the same FourDigitCode, but the 3rd Chinese Character has additional ExtensionNumber --> <PersonNameInChineseInMyProjectDataItem> <ChineseName>陳旻旼</ChineseName> <ChineseCommericalCode> <FourDigitCode>7115</FourDigitCode> </ChineseCommericalCode> <ChineseCommericalCode> <FourDigitCode>2479</FourDigitCode> </ChineseCommericalCode> <ChineseCommericalCode> <FourDigitCode>2479</FourDigitCode> <ExtensionNumber>2</ExtensionNumber> </ChineseCommericalCode> </PersonNameInChineseInMyProjectDataItem> <!-- other project data sub-items here --> </MyProjectDataItem>

<MyProjectDataItem> 
   <!-- other project data sub-items here --> 
   <PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> 
     <Name>陳偉民</Name> 
   </PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> 
   <!-- other project data sub-items here --> 
 </MyProjectDataItem>

(with alias)

<MyProjectDataItem> 
   <!-- other project data sub-items here --> 
   <PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> 
     <Name>陳偉民</Name> 
   </PersonChineseNameInMyProjectDataItem> 
   <ChineseAliasInMyProjectDataItem> 
     <Name>陳大文</Name> 
   </ChineseAliasInMyProjectDataItem> 
   <!-- other project data sub-items here --> 
 </MyProjectDataItem>

(with CCC)

<MyProjectDataItem> 
   <!-- other project data sub-items here --> 
   <!-- Please note that the 2nd and 3rd Chinese Characters have 
         the same FourDigitCode, but the 3rd Chinese Character has 
         additional ExtensionNumber --> 
   <PersonNameInChineseInMyProjectDataItem> 
     <ChineseName>陳旻旼</ChineseName> 
     <ChineseCommericalCode> 
       <FourDigitCode>7115</FourDigitCode> 
     </ChineseCommericalCode> 
     <ChineseCommericalCode> 
       <FourDigitCode>2479</FourDigitCode> 
     </ChineseCommericalCode> 
     <ChineseCommericalCode> 
       <FourDigitCode>2479</FourDigitCode> 
       <ExtensionNumber>2</ExtensionNumber> 
     </ChineseCommericalCode> 
   </PersonNameInChineseInMyProjectDataItem> 
   <!-- 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
Discussion Paper 2003/01 "Common Schema for Person Name"

Related Downloads

XML Schema for Person Chinese Name. Details v1.0