HL7 Version 3 Standard: Security and Privacy Ontology, Release 1

The HL7 Security and Privacy Ontology serves to name, define, formally describe and interrelate key security and privacy concepts within the scope of healthcare information technology. These concepts include security policies, privacy policies, consent directives, resulting access control and related ideas.

Main sections:

· Scope and objectives

· Use cases

· Modelling approach

· Ontology

· Appendix A: SWRL rules

· Appendix B: Ontology-based RBAC decisions

· Appendix C: Glossary of terms

· Appendix D: Presentation of OWL class and individual expressions

· Appendix E: OWL software

· Appendix F: Suggested review criteria