HK_BRN (HK - Business Reg. Num.)

Property	Value
A technical identifier, unique in a certain context. Technical key	HK_BRN
The country a linked concept is active or generally relevant for. Country scope	HK (Hong Kong)
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Business Registration Number (zh), Business Registration Number (en)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	HK - Business Reg. Num. (en)
Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	Every business operating in Hong Kong requires a Hong Kong business registration number. This number is issued by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). It is an 8-digit sequence at the front of the BR certificate number (e.g. 22222222-&&&-&&-&&-&). It is important to note that all the numerals of the BR number are used as an identifier equivalent to the tax identification number for entities.
Category of business identifiers. Identifier category	Tax Number

Formal definition

Details	Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	The type in terms of a categorization of regular expressions. Regular expression type	TThe formal expression of a regular expression. Regular expression
00000000001ANWERF3EH6ZTMRP	Specifies the allowed formats for the Business Registration Number (Hong Kong)	IDENTIFIER_FORMAT	^\d{8}$

Data quality rules

Rule	Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	nonetheless, we continue to offer the most recent available data., The release status in terms of development progress or maturity.<br/><code>EMPTY</code> (0): No feature considered yet, just a rough idea.<br/><code>IDEA</code> (1): Just an idea, not yet designed in detail.<br/><code>DESIGN</code> (2): Software design ready, development not yet started.<br/><code>DEVELOPMENT</code> (3): Software development in progress.<br/><code>ALPHA</code> (4): First functional release, in terms of a Minimal Viable Product (MVP).<br/><code>BETA</code> (5): Tested by selected users.<br/><code>RC</code> (6): Release candidate, fully tested, not yet used in production by many customers.<br/><code>LIVE</code> (7): Used in production by customers, fully monitored and supported.<br/><code>DEPRECATED</code> (-1): End of life planned, but still available.<br/><code>EOL</code> (-2): End of life, historic service, no longer available.<br/><code>BROKEN</code> (-3): Service was used in production but is currently not available. However, CDQ tries to repair or reactivate it.<br/><code>DISCONTINUED</code> (-4): The data source has ceased providing updates Release status	Criticality<br/>Specifies how critical of the violation of a data quality rule.<br/>ERROR: Indicates a critical data quality rule violation that requires correction.<br/>WARNING: Indicates a potential data quality issue that should be reviewed.<br/>INFO: Indicates an informational finding with no immediate impact on data quality. Criticality
Identifier format invalid (Business Registration Number (Hong Kong))	Business Registration (BR) Number is a unique number assigned to a business. The Business Registration Office of Hong Kong, China is responsible for registering businesses carried on by entities. The Business Registration Number comprises 8 numerals at the front of business registration certificate number (e.g. 99999999-&&&-&&-&&-&). All the numerals of the BR number are used as the identifier equivalent to TIN for entities.	RELEASED	ERROR