Styleguide for HL7 V2.3.2

Frank Oemig, HL7 Germany

Klaus Veil, HL7 Australia

Purpose

• Uniform layout of whole standard

• Consistency Checking

• Automatic generation for HL7 database

• Controlled by MS Word Template File: "HL7.DOT"

Document Structure

• Introductory Page– Title– TC Chairs and Editors

• Purpose

• Event/Message Definitions

• Segment Definitions

Definitions

• In form of tables

• Applied on– Messages– Attribute Tables– Tables and suggested values

• user defined tables

• HL7 defined tables

References

• No direct formatting Styles

• To be applied on– Data Elements– Tables

Other Styles

• Components

• Notes

• Examples

• Page Headers and Footers

• Lists

Rules

• Application of Styles

• Index Information– Data Types– Data Elements– Segments– Events– Tables– Message Types

Current Status

• Definition for V.2.3.2

• V.2.3.1– no reference styles applied