This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.Identifies the type of telephone entered as contact information for an individual or an organization.
| Value of the Code | Descriptive Term of the Code | Definition of the Code |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed | Fixed telephone | A telephone that transmits signals converted from audio data through physical media, such as wire or fiber optic cable; also known as landline. |
| Fixed.PersonalPrivate | Fixed telephone: Personal/Private | A fixed telephone belonging to a private person, usually located in a home or a private dwelling unit. |
| Fixed.OrganizationBusiness | Fixed telephone: Organization/Business | A fixed telephone of an organization, institution or business, or the work telephone of a person employed by the organization. |
| Mobile | Mobile telephone | A portable telephone connected to a wireless communications network through radio waves or satellite transmissions; includes phones known as cellular (or cell) phones, hand phones, as well as satellite phones. |
| Mobile.PersonalPrivate | Mobile telephone: Personal/Private | A mobile telephone belonging to a private person. |
| Mobile.OrganizationBusiness | Mobile telephone: Organization/Business | A mobile telephone of an organization, institution or business, or the mobile work telephone of a person employed by the organization. |
| Fax | Fax | A fax (short for facsimile) is a device used for the telephonic transmission of scanned-in printed material (text or images), usually to a telephone number associated with a printer or other output device; also known as telecopying. |
| Fax.PersonalPrivate | Fax: Personal/Private | A fax belonging to a private person. |
| Fax.OrganizationBusiness | Fax: Organization/Business | The fax of an organization, institution or business, or the work fax of a person employed by the organization. |
| Other | Other | Use when the type of telephone is known, but not found in the list. |
A brief textual description of the type of telephone number provided. Supports the use of an external controlled vocabulary.
| Module Name | Element Name |
|---|---|
| archive | TypeOfTelephone |
DDI-Codebook (DDI 2.5 and all previous DDI versions) does not include an element that would support this controlled vocabulary.
| Element Number in DDI 2.1 | Element/Attribute Name |
|---|---|
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