Health informatics — Harmonized data types for information interchange

This standard provides a set of datatype definitions for representing and exchanging basic concepts that are commonly encountered in healthcare environments. It specifies a collection of datatypes suitable for use in health-related information environments, declares the semantics of these datatypes, and provides UML definitions and XML-based representations.

The standard offers a useful contribution to the internal design of health information systems, but it is primarily intended for defining external interfaces and messages to support communication between them.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Normative references

· Terms and definitions

· Abbreviated terms

· Conformance

· Datatypes overview

· Datatypes

· Annex A: XML representation

· Annex B: UML support types

· Annex C: RM-ODP viewpoint mappings

· Annex D: HL7 v3 Abstract Data Types mapping

· Annex E: Schema for XML representation