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Section 1e: Version 3 (V3)
Section 4: Rules and References

HL7 Version 3 Standard: XML Implementation Technology Specification - V3 Structures, Release 2

DESCRIPTION

The objective of this document is to present an Implementable Technology Specification (ITS) for the encoding rules for HL7 Version 3 messages based on the Extensible Markup Language XML.

Several XML encoding methods could serve as a messaging syntax for HL7 V3 messages. This document represents the method that is recommended by HL7, describing the underlying rules and principles. The corresponding data type descriptions necessary for this specification are described in the "ISO-Harmonized Data Types, Release 1" specification.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Version 3 Standard: XML Implementation Technology Specification - V3 Structures, Release 2 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

Reaffirmation of HL7 V3 XML ITS Structures R2, "HL7 Version 3 Standard: XML Implementation Technology Specification, Release 2", XML ITS

TARGETS

  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • National Health Information Exchange Infrastructures
  • All HL7 V3 Implementers

BENEFITS

  • Provides description of how HL7 V3 compliant messages can be expressed using XML
  • Establishes the definition of the set of valid XML instance documents that may be derived from a specific HL7 Message Type

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Version 3 Standard: XML Implementation Technology Specification - V3 Structures, Release 2

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

This document covers OSI levels 5 and 6.  Those familiar with V2 might call these the "XML encoding rules" for HL7 Version 3 messages.

BALLOT TYPE

  • Normative

STATUS DATE

2018-04-20

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Implementable Technology Specifications

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Encoding Syntax

STAKEHOLDER

  • Health Care IT Vendors

FAMILY

  • V3

CURRENT STATE

  • Stable

REALM

  • Universal