XMDR Content Survey - HL7 Reference Information Model

II. Core Content Characterization

Title*

Health Level Seven (HL7) Reference Information Model (RIM)

Acronym

HL7 RIM

Web page(s)

http://www.hl7.org/

Identifier

URI:ISO:2.16.840.1.113883.5

Contact Information

Health Level Seven, Inc.

3300 Washtenaw Avenue, Suite 227
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734-677-7777
Fax: 734-677-6622
E-mail: hq@hl7.org

Inclusion Rationale*

Health Level Seven is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) -accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO) operating in the healthcare domain ofclinical and administrative data.

Subject*

• biological, biomedical, medical or healthcare
• economic (medical)
• administrative, including organizational and personal names (medical)

Kind of Metadata*

• data element characterization
  • definitions - natural language, logic-based
  • types
  • dimensionality / measurement units
• Relationship Groups
  • schemas - e.g., for databases, messages, file formats, etc.

Size statistics(estimated)*

~54 Core Classes
~240 Core attributes
~80 Data Types

Initial Submitter*

Harold Solbrig solbrig@mayo.edu

Date of Initial Survey*

2005-03-10

III. Supplementary Content Characterization

Date*

2005-03-11

Creator

Health Level Seven, Inc.

Publisher*

Health Level Seven, Inc.

Description*

The HL7 RIM represents "A coherent, shared information model that is the source for the data content of all HL7 messages". The RIM actually has its own metamodel, methadology, tooling and collection of artifacts. See HL7 Verision 3 Standards Page for more details.

Language(s)*

English (although the architecture will support multiple languages.)

Graph-theoretic Classification*

Indicate type of metadata according to the following graph-theoretic classification scheme:

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Format / Schemas(s)*

NOTE: The URL's below reference version 0204 of the RIM. The links will need to be revised as the RIM evolves

• Microsoft Access tables (Members only)
• XML
• HTML
• XMI
• UML
• VISO

Media / Download*

Yes

Constraint Specifications

?

Protocol(s)

?

Licensing Issues*

Once finalized, HL7 Standards are only available to HL7 members

Export restrictions

None

Subsets

Subsets can be created for a variety of applications such as financial, decision support, orders and observations, patient administration, etc...

Versions, Updates

Versions are typically done on a quartely cycle. Intermittent and new releases are available on the HL7 site

Documentation

Various tutorials, tools, etc are available on the HL7 Web Site

Character Set Encoding*

UTF-8

Measurement units

While the HL7 Version 3 RIM makes heavy use of (UCUM)

Dataset / Standards Dependencies

HL7 Version 3 references many different code sets, including SNOMED-CT, LOINC, ICD-9, etc.

Related Datasets

Other similar or related metadata resources.

Software tools

See: HL7 Applications list for a partial set of tools.

Audience(s)

Medical Software Providers, Clinicians and anyone else involved in the Biomedical community

Citation

HL7 HL7 Version 3 Terminology. Available at: www.hl7.org.

Surveyor*

Harold Solbrig

Date of Survey*

2005-03-11

IV. Content Characterization by XMDR Staff

The following data elements are to be supplied by XMDR project staff/collaborators.

Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.

XMDR Participant Expertise

Names of persons (if any) on XMDR project (and contact info) who are familiar with this data set. XMDR participant organizations who have copies of this metadata resource.

XMDR Evaluator*

Names of persons on XMDR project (and contact info) who evaluated this metadata resource for inclusion (e.g., if the content survey was completed by someone at the content repository).

Inclusion Priority*

Priority suggested for acquisition and ingestion of this metadata resource.