Defining health data elements under the HL7 development framework for metadata management

Table 5 Standardized description of general DE Person Nationality Code

Metadata	Value
Metadata name	Person Nationality Code
Data element attributes
Metadata type	General Data element
Specification name	Person Nationality Code
Synonyms	nationality code
Metadata identifier	655217
Register status	Draft
Definition	From a legal sense to person’s definition of nation. In general, if a person has the nationality means that the individual is legal citizen in the country.
Data type	CS
Register organization	Centre for Health Statistics and Information of National Health Commission of China
Version	V1.0
Use^a	(1) Children’s HealthDataSet-01: birth certification; (2) Disease Management Data Set-01: hepatitis B patients management; (3) Women’s Health Data Set-01: premarital health examination
Data element concept attributes
Data element concept^b	Person’s nationality
Object class^c	Person
Object class identifier	PersonID
Property^d	Nationality
Property identifier	NationalityID
Value domain attribute
Format	Code
Classification Schema	GB/T 2659–2000 [49]
Classification Schema Identifier	Person Nationality Code ID

Comments: a:datasets which use this data element. b:concept that can be represented in the form of a data element, described independently of any particular representation (see ISO/IEC 11179–3). c:set of ideas, abstractions, or things in the real world that are identified with explicit boundaries and meaning and whose properties and behavior follow the same rules. d:characteristic of an object or entity.

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