Adds an arbitrary property as name/value pair to its parent. This property SHALL NOT signify/trigger any specific ART-DECOR behavior. This is useful for storing specific information that has no other obvious place and needs to be in a computable place. Examples include external ids, keywords, review status etc. These properties are not meant to be displayed in all contexts, but only in user defined reports/overviews. The 'value' is mixed XHTML compatible content
<xs:complexType name="ArbitraryPropertyType"><xs:annotation><xs:documentation xml:lang="en-US">Adds an arbitrary property as name/value pair to its parent. This property SHALL NOT signify/trigger any specific ART-DECOR behavior. This is useful for storing specific information that has no other obvious place and needs to be in a computable place. Examples include external ids, keywords, review status etc. These properties are not meant to be displayed in all contexts, but only in user defined reports/overviews. The 'value' is mixed XHTML compatible content</xs:documentation></xs:annotation><xs:complexContent mixed="true"><xs:extension base="VariousMixedContent"><xs:attribute name="name" type="NonEmptyString" use="optional"><xs:annotation><xs:documentation xml:lang="en-US">Name of the property.</xs:documentation></xs:annotation></xs:attribute><xs:attribute name="datatype" type="DataSetValueType" default="text"/></xs:extension></xs:complexContent></xs:complexType>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="NonEmptyString" use="optional"><xs:annotation><xs:documentation xml:lang="en-US">Name of the property.</xs:documentation></xs:annotation></xs:attribute>
Represents any text item, without visual formatting.
enumeration
code
A system of valid symbols/codes, that substitute for specified concepts e.g. alpha, numeric, symbols and/or combinations, usually defined by a formal reference to a terminology or ontology, but may also be defined by the provision of text. Typically a symbol/code is expressed with a value for code, an identifier for the terminology or ontology it belongs to and at least one textual representation (display name).
enumeration
identifier
Type for representing identifiers of real-world entities. Typical identifiers include drivers licence number, social security number, prescription id, order id, and so on.
enumeration
date
Represents an absolute point in time, as measured on the Gregorian calendar, and specified only to the day. Semantics defined by ISO 8601. Used for recording dates in real world time. The partial form is used for approximate birth dates, dates of death, etc.
enumeration
datetime
Represents an absolute point in time, specified to the second. Semantics defined by ISO 8601. Used for recording a precise point in real world time, e.g. the exact date and time of the birth of a baby, and for approximate time stamps, e.g. the origin of an history observation which is only partially known.
enumeration
time
Represents an point in time on the 24 hour clock without specifying the date, specified to the second. Semantics defined by ISO 8601. Used for recording a point in real world time, e.g. the hours to take medication (08, 12, 18 o'clock), exact time a baby was born, time of stopping CPR.
enumeration
quantity
Quantitified type representing "scientific" quantities, i.e. quantities expressed as a magnitude and units. If not further specified with fractionDigits, a decimal number with optional decimal point (i.e. '3.14159265359'). There are some "special" quantities (used in healthcare), explained later: for time durations duration shall be used; for monetary amounts currency shall be used
enumeration
duration
Is a quantity, represents a period of time with respect to a notional point in time, which is not specified. A sign may be used to indicate the duration is “backwards” in time rather than forwards.
enumeration
boolean
Items which are truly boolean data, such as true/false or yes/no answers.
enumeration
count
Countable (non-monetary) quantities. Used for countable types such as pregnancies, steps (taken by a physiotherapy patient), number of cigarettes smoked in a day.
enumeration
ordinal
Models rankings and scores, e.g. pain, Apgar, reflex, ASA, Tanner values, etc, where there is a) implied ordering, b) no implication that the distance between each value is con- stant, and c) the total number of values is finite. Note that although the term ‘ordinal’ in mathematics means natural numbers only, here any integer is allowed, since negative and zero values are often used by medical professionals for values around a neutral point. Examples of sets of ordinal values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 (reflex response values); 0, 1, 2 (Apgar score values); 1, 2, 3, 4,... (ASA classification); I, II, III, IV, ... (Tanner scale)
enumeration
text
Represents a text item, which may contain any amount of legal characters arranged as e.g. words, sentences etc. Visual formatting and hyperlinks may be included.
enumeration
decimal
Decimal number (rarely used, in most cases a decimal number is actually a quantity).
enumeration
blob
Things that are typically stored as binary objects in the computer world and need to be rendered appropriately, e.g. images: like X-rays, computertomographic images and scans.
enumeration
complex
Non-atomic datatypes which are not explictly further defined in the dataset itself. Example: 'address' or 'person name'. Usually complex types are assumed to be well-known enough not to warrant further decomposition in the dataset itself.
