Institutions are required to report statistics concerning the research undertaken within the institution, to government. The Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) Classification is one of three classification codes required for this reporting. The SEO Classification allows research to be classified according to the social and economic objectives of the research. Where a set of institution-defined SEO Classification is recorded (using RESF31D0), each must map to one of these Government SEO Classifications.

Government SEO Classifications come from two sources: HEIMS or the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The Government Socio-Economic Objective Classifications block contains:

• Government SEO Classification Code
• Description
• ABS SEO check box
• Closed check box
• SEO Classifications navigation button

Notes:

The SEO Classifications button links to RESF31D0 (Maintain Socio-Economic Objective Classifications).

This form is used to enter and maintain the HEIMS and ABS SEO Classifications.

Each classification code must be unique.

The ABS SEO indicator is used to distinguish between the HEIMS and the ABS schemes.

The SEO Classifications button can be used to navigate to form RESF31D0 for the purpose of:

• viewing the current institution-defined SEO Classifications which are mapped to the context Government SEO Classification.
• creating new institution-defined SEO Classifications, which can be mapped to any existing Government SEO Classifications.

Rules/Notes:

The ABS SEO indicator should only be selected if the code is from the ABS coding scheme

A Government SEO Classification code cannot be deleted if it has a linked institution-defined SEO Classification code

Setting a Government SEO Classification code as CLOSED prevents future institution-defined SEO Classifications (RESF31D0) from being mapped to this classification