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Table 7 The process of forming initial data elements, general data elements and domain data elements in the class “Entity”

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

HCDM

Initial data element

HCDM Data type

General data element

Terms in Controlled Vocabularies

Domain data element

class

attribute

name

component

format

Entity class

classCode

Entity Class Code

CS

Code

Code

Entity Class Code

Organizations

Organizations code

Public agencies code

determinerCode

Entity DeterminerCode

CS

Code

Code

Entity Determiner Code

Humans

General described for person

id

EntityII

Set<II>

root UID/OID

Symbol

Entity II UID/OID

Organizations

ID UID

Extension

Symbol

Entity II

Organizations

ID number

identifierName

Text

Entity Identifier Name

Organizations

ID name

code

Entity Code

CE

Code

Code

Entity Code

Organizations

Organization code

quantity

Entity Quantity

PQ

Value

Values

Entity Quantity

Humans

Organizations

Material

The number of people

The number of institutions

Number of Chinese medicine

Tablets to drink (agent)

Unit

Code

Entity Quantity Unit (UCUM)

Humans

Person’s height (cm)

Person’s weight (kg)

name

Entity Name

EN

Formatted

Text

Entity Name

Humans

Patient name

Mother name

Father name

Neonatal name

Encounter name

Use code

Code

Entity Name Type Code

Humans

desc

EntityDesc

ED

Data

Text or Multimedia

Entity Describe

Humans

Organization Describe

existenceTime

EntityExist Time

TS

IVL<TS>

Values

Entity Existence Effective Time

Humans

Organization existence effective time

telecom

EntityTelecom

URL

Address

Text

Entity Telecom Address

Humans

Organizations

Place

home address

primary home address

vacation home address

Scheme,CS

Code

Entity Telecom Means Code

Humans

Organizations

Fttp

Http

tel

Use code

Code

Entity Telecom Address Type Code

Humans

Organizations

Place

Patient telephone number

Work telephone number

Guardian’s phone number

Person’s phone number

Useable Period

Values

Entity Telecom Address Useable Period

Humans

Organizations

Patient telephone number useable period

Work telephone number useable period

Guardian’s phone number useable period

  1. Note: all attributes of Entity are listed in the table. The entity class code and code only show the code part of the Table 6