The RMSCC Data Attribute Coding System (DACS) is a simple coding model that provides a method of structurally codifying attributes used by industry software systems for the purpose of passing information - unambiguously - along the supply chain.

Below is a glossary of data attributes common to the meat-and-livestock supply-chain industry.

To retrieve this data in JSON format use https://rmscc.org/data_attributes_json
NOTE: This endpoint should be used to populate production-systems data periodically, not relied upon for live responses.

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DACS Attribute Authority Data Element/Tag Format AKA Purpose Livestock Production Feedlot Livestock Transport Processing Meat Logistics Retail
A09210081000000
Accreditation Status
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccAccreditationStatus String (an1..255) A value assigned by the accreditation issuing authority to indicate the current accreditation status.
B0710203B000000
Address Block
National Postal Service (e.g. Australia Post)		 npsAddressBlock String (a10..a1000) Address Address Block excluding the postcode and state
B07210082000000
Address Locality
National Postal Service (e.g. Australia Post)		 npsAddressLocality String(an1..255) The locality in which the street address is, and which is in the region. For example, Mountain View.
A0920107AB10000
Address Type
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccAddressType String(an1..50) Message control element for JSON payload for identifying the address type for grouping of the address attributes within an array
A01104051A00000
AUS-MEAT Accredited Establishment Number
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatEstNo String (an1..7) AUS-MEAT Number
Est. Number
Processing Plant		 Defines the AUS-MEAT Accredited Establishment Number.
A00102022A02000
Australian Business Number
Australian Business Register (ABR) Lookup		 abrAbn String (n11) Australian Business Number or Australian Company Number of an entity. Validated from registry. Used with a suffix for context.
A09A40004A00000
Authority
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccAuthority String (an1..an100) Authorities responsible for attribute, standard or source-of-truth attribute values.
A09B01068000000
Beginning Of Message
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccBeginningOfMessage Array Message control element
A01A31041000000
Bovine AUSMEAT Marbling
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBovineAUSMb Integer (n1) Marbling is the fat that is deposited between muscle fibres.
A02A31035A01000
Bovine breed code
Australian Meat Industry Language and Standards Committee		 amilscBovineBreedCode String (a2) The breed codes are the standard codes used in Australia.
A01A3102B000000
Bovine Carcase Sex
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBovineCarcaseSex String (a1) Sex determined for a carcase through the slaughter process.
A01A3102AA00000
Bovine Dentition
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBovineDent Integer (n1) Determined by the eruption of permanent incisor teeth in veal, yearling, young beef, young prime beef, prime beef, ox and cow categories
A01A3103F000000
Bovine Fat Colour
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBovineFatColour Integer (n1) Colour of the intermuscular fat lateral to the rib eye muscle and adjacent to the M. iliocostalis
A01A3102EA00000
Bovine Hang Method
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatHangMethod String (a2) Defines the hang method for the carcase through processing.
A01A3100FA00000
Bovine Livestock Sex
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBovineLivestockSexCode String (a1..3) Basic descriptions for livestock, based on the sex of cattle. The value can be applied to a single animal or a group of cattle.
A01A3103D000000
Bovine Meat Colour
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBovineMeatColour String (an1..2) Meat colour is the predominant colour of the rib-eye muscle.
A01A31027000000
Bovine P8 fat measurement
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatP8Fat Integer (n1..3) Bovine (beef) P8 fat measurement
A09A40039B10000
Business Activity
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccBusinessActivity String (a5..255) Location Activity
Primary Business Activity		 Red Meat Industry primary business activity for a location
A0010202CB10000
Business name
Australian Business Register (ABR) Lookup		 abrBusinessName String (a1..a255) Business name
A01A31045000000
Carcase Maturity
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatCarcaseMaturity Integer (n2..3) Ossification
Hot Oss
Cold Oss		 Maturity scoring provides a scale for the assessment of physiological age of a beef carcase.
A01A3002FA00000
Category
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatCategory String (a1..20) Determined by grouping permanent incisor eruptions to indicate the progressive chronological age of the animals.
A01A30031A00000
Cipher
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatCipher String (a5) Cipher
A09B0107BB10000
Contact Attributes
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccContactAttribute String(an1..50) Message control element for JSON payload for grouping of contact attributes within an array
B05101049A01000
Country Code Alpha-2
International Organization for Standardization		 isoCountryCode2 string (a2) Identify the applicable country using the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard
A04740050A01000
Declaration Serial Number
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaDecSerialNumber Integer (n5..9) Declaration Serial Number used for National Vendor Declarations, MSA Declarations, NFAS Delivery dockets, NFAS Form B and other LPA controlled declarations.
A04A40073A01000
Declaration Type and Version
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaDecTypeVer String (an1..an100) The declaration type and version as defined by LPA
A02A4005AA02000
Disease and Defect Industry Code Version 1
Australian Meat Industry Language and Standards Committee		 amilscDdIndustryCodeV1 string(8) Industry code value
A09A40074A01000
Dispatch or Shipping date
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccDispachDate yyyymmdd
A02A40056000000
Disposition
Australian Meat Industry Language and Standards Committee		 amilscDisposition an(20) Undertake formal post-mortem or ante-mortem inspection to provide a disposition
A09B01072000000
Document Attributes
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccDocAttributes Array Message control element for JSON payload for grouping of document-related attributes within an array
B08730017000000
Email Address
Internet Engineering Task Force		 ietfEmail String (4..320) Email address
A0010202DB10000
Entity name
Australian Business Register (ABR) Lookup		 abrEntityName String (a1..a255) Entity name refers to the name that appears on all official documents or legal papers.
A09A40011000000
Equipment Brand
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccEquipmentBrand String (an1..100) Identifies the specific brand of equipment
A09720014000000
Equipment Serial Number
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccEquipmentSerialNumber String (an1..100) Identifies the specific serial number of a piece of equipment
000B01069000000
Error tag as part of a message response
Undefined Authority for those attributes with no known authority		 Errors Array Error tag element as part of JSON response model
A01A31044210000
Eye Muscle Area
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatEyeMuscleArea Integer (n1..3) EMA Area of the surface of the M. longissimus dorsi at the ribbing site.
A01A40048A00000
Fat Distribution
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatFatDistribution String (a1) FAT
FAT DIST		 The coverage and distribution of subcutaneous fat on a carcase.
A01A40057A00000
Feed Type
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatFeedType String (a10) Feed type used in an animal feeding operation
B01601026000000
Freight Container Code
Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC)		 bicContainerCode String (an11) Container Number Identifies the specific freight container using the ISO Standard 6346 (freight containers -coding, identification and marking) BIC code.
A0110404E000000
Further Processor Est Number
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatFurhterProcessorEstNo number (n1..4) Further processing operations establishment number
B03740032A01000
Global Document Type Identifier
GS1		 gs1Gdti Number (n13..30)) The Global Document Type Identifier can be used by companies to identify documents, including the class or type of each document.
B03720030A01000
Global Identification Number for Consignment
GS1		 gs1Ginc String (an18..30) The Global Identification Number for Consignment can be used by companies to identify a consignment comprising one or more logistic units that are intended to be transported together
A09720036A02000
Global Identification Number for Samples for Analysis
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccGinsa Number (n16..n33) Global Identification Number for samples of analysis
B03101053000000
Global Location Number
GS1		 gs1Gln n(13) GS1 Global Location Number
B03720033000000
Global Shipment Identification Number
GS1		 gs1Gsin Number (n17) The Global Shipment Identification Number (GSIN) is a number assigned by a seller and shipper of goods to identify a shipment comprising one or more logistic units that are intended to be delivered together
B03301025A00000
Global Trade Item Number
GS1		 gs1Gtin String (n14) Item identification. Primary identification of the product carton or carcase.
B0310104FA01000
GS1 Company Prefix
GS1		 gs1CompPrefix String (n4..n8) GS1 Company Prefix used as part of validation for GTINs and other GS1-based keys
A01A3104C000000
Hormonal Growth Promotant Status
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatHgpStatus String (a1) HGP Hormone-supplement status - used in cattle to accelerate weight gain and feed efficiency
A01A30016B00000
HSCW
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatHscw Decimal (1..5) Hot Standard Carcase Weight total, side or portion of the carcase
A01A40047220000
Hump Height
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatHumpHeight Integer (n1) TBC Determines the Tropical Breed Content (Bos indicus)
A09A30005000000
Industry Data Standard
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccIndustryDataStandard String (an13) Code for the identification of specification.
A01A30008A01000
Kill Date
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatKillDate String (n8) Nominated kill date in the format ccyymmdd.
A0170500E000000
Kill Lot
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatKillLot String (an1..6) A number issued by the slaughter establishment that identifies a specific group of animals at time of slaughter
B0520103CA01000
Latitude Decimal Degrees
International Organization for Standardization		 isoLatitudeDecimalDegrees ±DD.D GPS A location's latitude in decimal degrees
B0410105B000000
Legal Entity Identifier
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation		 gleifLei a(20) LEI is a unique 20-character alphanumeric code that enables anyone, anywhere in the world, to access clear, unique identification data about a legal entity.
A09B0106B000000
Location Attributes
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccLocationAttributes Array Message control element for JSON payload for grouping of attributes within an array
A0921006D000000
Location Type
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccLocationType String (an1..an255) Location type value issued by relevant authority or industry program
B05A1004BA01000
Longitude Decimal Degrees
International Organization for Standardization		 isoLongitudeDecimalDegree ±DD.D GPS A location's longitude in decimal degrees
A09A30023A01000
Lot/ Mob Count
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccLotCount Integer (n1..6) Count of the head for a nominated lot or mob of livestock.
A0421007DA01000
LPA Accreditation Date
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaAccreditionDate Date UTC LPA accreditation date attribute with suffixes for date usage
A0421006FA01000
LPA Programs
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaPrograms Array Array segment for the list of LPA programs applicable to an LPA-accredited producer
A0421006C000000
LPA Status
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaLpaStatus String (an1..an100) LPA status of an LPA- accredited account
A04104037B00000
LPA user ID
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaUserId n1..n10 Unique identification number/accreditation number assigned to accredited producers by the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program
A09B01007000000
Message Function
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMessageFunction String (n1) Indicates an original, replacement or cancellation of a message
A09720065000000
Message Party Identifier
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMessagePartyIdentifer Array Attributes to identify the party in a message.
A09B01067000000
Message Payload
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMessagePayload Array Message control element used for the grouping level of the message payload
A09B01001000000
Message Type
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMessageType Array Identifies a group of elements related to the type of message payload
A09730006A01000
Message UUID
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMessageUUID String (an36) UUID (GUID) that uniquely identifies the message.
A09B01062A01000
Message Version Indicator
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMessageVersionIndicator String (an1) Version indicator of this message. Starts at A, and each subsequent message must increment to the next letter.
A06A4007EA01000
MSA Bovine Carcase Sex
Meat Standards Australia		 msaBovineCarcaseSex String (a1) Sex determined for a carcase through the slaughter process and utilised in the MSA program.
A06104066A02000
MSA Location Identification
Meat Standards Australia		 msaMsaLID n10 MSA-issued location identification number
A01A31042000000
MSA Marbling
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatMsaMarbling string (n100..1190) Marbling is the fat that is deposited between muscle fibres.
A06104009000000
MSA Member Number
Meat Standards Australia		 msaMsaNumber String (an4) MSA
MSA Number		 Defines the MSA member number.
A0710405C000000
NFAS Accreditation Number
National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme		 nfasNfasNumber Number (n1..10) NFAS number
Feedlot Number		 National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme issued Feedlot Number.
A03A40076A01000
NLIS Device Current Status
Integrity Systems Company		 iscNlisDeviceCurrentStatus String (an1..15) Single value representing the current status of a NLIS device.
A03401059A01000
NLIS Device Identification or Number
Integrity Systems Company		 iscNlisDeviceID String (an16) The Human readable NLIS ID or Number printed on the surface of NLIS ear tags
A03104075A01000
NLIS Establishment Number
Integrity Systems Company		 iscNlisEstNo String (an1..an6) NLIS Establishment Number
A03401052A01000
NLIS RFID
Integrity Systems Company		 iscNlisRfid an(16) RFID Tag
NLIS RFID		 NLIS-approved breeder devices and NLIS-accredited post-breeder devices’ RFID value.
A01102013B00000
Non-Packer Exporter Number
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatNpeNumber number (1n..7n) A Non-Packer Exporter is a holder of a Meat Export Licence who does not themselves operate a premise registered by DAFF
A01A3001B000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement By Device
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatMeasurementDevice String (an1..100) Recorded measurement by a suitably calibrated device. For certain measurements a trade -approved device must be used.
A01A3001A000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement By Human
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatMeasurementHuman String (an1..100) Recorded measurement by a suitably trained and qualified person. If no measurement is recorded the value is NULL.
A01701020000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement Data
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatMeasurementsData Array Identifies a group of data elements related to specific measurements.
A01A30019000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement Date Time
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatMeasurementDateTime Date UTC+Offset Recorded date and time of a measurement in UTC format (ISO8601) with location offset.
A0972005F000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement Operator
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMeasurementOperator String (an1..100) Identifier of a suitably trained and qualified person. Preferred ID is via AUS-MEAT number. If no AUS-MEAT number exists, a suitably unique processor identifier should be used. If there is no human operator use code: "NO OPERATOR".
A09A40060000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement Operator Type
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMeasurementOperatorType String (an1) Identifier in the rmsccMeasurementOperator field - an AUS-MEAT ID
A0973005E000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement Serial Number
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMeasurementSerialNumber String (an1..100) The unique measurement identifier for each record.
A09A40063000000
Objective Measurement - Measurement Type
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMeasurementType String (an1..100) Identifies the attribute the measurement is taking.
A09A40064000000
Objective Measurement - Reason
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccActionReason String (an1..100) Recorded comment or reason associated with some action, activity, process, system or capture of information
A09A4001D000000
Objective Measurement Action reason or comment
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccActionReason String (an1..100) Recorded comment or reason associated with some action, activity, process, system or capture of information - if no measurement is recorded the value is NULL
A09A4001F000000
Objective Measurement Device Data
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccDeviceData Array Identifies a group of data elements related to a specific device
A09720012A01000
Objective Measurement Equipment Model
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccEquipmentModel String (an1..100) Identifies the specific model of equipment
A09A4005DA01000
Objective Measurement Equipment Serial Increment
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccEquipmentSerialIncrement String (an1..100) Identifies the amount by which the equipment increments its measurement serial number
A09730021000000
Objective Measurement Firmware Version
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccFirmwareVersion String (an1..100) Identifies the specific firmware version of a piece of equipment or device.
A09720015A01000
Objective Measurement Hardware Version
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccHardwareVersion String (an1..100) Identifies the specific hardware version of a piece of equipment
A09A4001EA01000
Objective Measurement Measurement Assigned
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccMeasurementAssigned String (an1..100) Assigned, recorded measurement where it may have come from more than one measurement option
A09A4000DA01000
Objective Measurement Measurement Type
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccOmMeasurementType String (an2..100) Defines what is being measured. The value should be a published attribute code from either AUS-MEAT or MSA standard manuals.
A09B01003000000
Objective Measurement Version Number
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccVersionNumber String (an5) Version of the payload type.
A01A32034000000
Ovine Dentition
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatOvineDent Integer (n1) Determined by the eruption of permanent incisor teeth in lamb, hogget, mutton and ram categories.
A01A30028000000
Ovine GR Fat
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatGrFat Integer (n1..3) Ovine (sheep/goat) GR fat measurement
A01A30058A01000
Packing Date
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatPackingDate n(6) Pack Date
Packaging Date
Production Date		 Packaging date (YYMMDD)
A01A3004AA01000
Packing Method Symbol
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatPackingMethodSymbol String (a3) Symbols used to indicate packing methods
A09201080A01000
Party Identifier
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccPartyIdentifierGuid GUID A GUID issued as a party identifier by an organisation as a means to identify the party in data payloads.
A09B01002000000
Payload Name
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccPayloadName String (an41) Payload name.
A0923007C000000
Person Name
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccPersonName String (an1..50) Person-name attribute with suffixes for name usage
B09730024A01000
Phone Number
International Telecommunication Union		 ituPhone [+] [Country Code] [Subscriber Number] Phone number that can be used as company-based ID key
A01A30029000000
Porcine P2 fat measurement
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatP2Fat Integer (n1..3) Porcine (Pig) P2 fat measurement
B0710203EA01000
Post Code
National Postal Service (e.g. Australia Post)		 npsPostCode n4 Country-issued post code, zip code or other postal region definition. For this attribute the post code values are for Australia.
A01A40018B00000
Post Stun or knock weight
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatPostStunWeight Decimal (0..2) Representation of the animal live weight as near to the time of stunning or knocking as possible.
A0172000C000000
Processing Body Number
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatBodyNumber Integer (n1..5) Body number of the carcase issued on a slaughter floor at time of stunning or knocking
A1010304DA02000
Property Identification Code
Australian State Government		 asgPIC String (an8) Producer PIC
Vendor PIC		 An eight-character code to identify a livestock-producing property
A1021006A000000
Property Identification Code Status
Australian State Government		 asgPicStatus String (an1..an100) Value that is assigned by a state authority about the Property Identification Code
A10201071000000
Property Name
Australian State Government		 asgPropertyName String (an1..an255) Property name recognised by relevant state government
A09210070A01000
Renewal date
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccRenewalDate yyyymmdd The date a registration, licence or industry program lapses or requires renewal.
A01A31043000000
Rib Fat Measurement
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatRibFatMeasurement Integer (n1..2) Measurement of the thickness of subcutaneous fat at a specified rib.
A09230079B10000
Role
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccRole String (an1..an50) An element or attribute that defines the role or function of an objective or record
A01A3007FA01000
Secondary Sexual Characteristics - Carcase
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatSSCCarcase an (1) Carcase Secondary Sexual Characteristics status is determined by evaluating specific physical traits.
B03701054000000
Serial Shipping Container Code
GS1		 gs1Sscc n(18) Serial Shipping Container Code used in logistics
A0910500A000000
Slaughter Floor Chain Number
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccChainNumber Integer (n1) Chain
Chain Number		 Identifies the chain number as issued by a processing establishment
A0972001C000000
Software Version
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccSoftwareVersion String (an1..100) Recorded version of the software of a device, system or calculation that is included in information passed along the supply chain
A01A3000BA01000
Species
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatSpecies String (a4..10) Text value that defines the species
A0421006EA01000
Species
Livestock Production Assurance		 lpaSpecies String (an1..an100) LPA species values used by LPA for LPA-accredited producers.
A1010303A000000
State Establishment Number
Australian State Government		 asgStateEstNo String (a1..a10) State-issued slaughter, boning or related establishment number
A10103061000000
State Food Business Number
Australian State Government		 asgSfbn string QLD Safe Food Licence
NSW Food Authority Licence 		State-issued food business licence or registration number
A11102038A01000
State ISO 3166-2
Australian Federal Government		 afgStateCode String (a5..a6) Country State ISO 3166-2 Subdivision code names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
A09A30010A01000
Stunning or Knocking Date Time
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccStunningDateTime Date UTC+Offset Stunning or knocking date and time in a UTC format with time-zone offset.
A02A30077A01000
Transaction Date
Australian Meat Industry Language and Standards Committee		 amilscTransactionDate String (n8) Date recorded for a transaction.
A01A30046B00000
Ultimate pH
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatPH Integer (n1..2) Measurement of lactic acid within the muscle.
A09740078000000
Unique Identifier
Red Meat Supply Chain Committee		 rmsccUniqueID String (an1..50) A data segment that is a unique identifier related to a document, object, record or event within a specified system or industry program.
A01A31040000000
Veal Meat Colour
AUS-MEAT Limited		 ausmeatVealMeatColour String (an1..2) Meat Colour is predominant colour of the rib eye muscle (M. longissimus dorsi).
B10A10055A00000
Well-Known Text
Open Geospatial Consortium		 ogcWkt String Mapping file Defines spatial objects (geometries) or coordinate systems in text format