1 Scope
This part of the European Prestandard specifies the information to be registered for information objects used in EDI for the purpose of information interchange related to healthcare.
The information objects and the information relating to them are recorded in a way which is designed to be independent of interchange format and to facilitate the use of the information objects to construct implementable message specifications.
This European Prestandard does not cover the registration of information objects which fall within layers 1-7 of the Basic Reference Model of Open Systems Interconnection ISO 7498, nor does it specify the data base software, programming languages, file organization, storage media, etc., to be used for the establishment and maintenance of the Register.
NOTE Although the scope of this European Prestandard is confined to EDI in support of healthcare the provisions are intended to be capable of application to EDI universally.