The table below the information model uses icons in the columns 'Type' en 'Reference'.
The meaning of these icons is explained on this page.
Legend
Column 'Type'
![Block.png](/images/4/48/Block.png) |
HCIM root, the top level of the HCIM.
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![Folder.png](/images/a/a4/Folder.png) |
Container. A container is a collection of related elements, which can occur together one or more times.
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![Verwijzing.png](/images/f/fe/Verwijzing.png) |
Reference. A reference to another HCIM. The column 'Reference' contains the name of the HCIM as well as a link.
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![ANY.png](/images/d/dc/ANY.png) |
Datatype ANY: any of the below mentioned datatypes can be used.
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![BL.png](/images/1/13/BL.png) |
Datatype BL: boolean. Data element that only represents the values 'Yes/No' of 'True/False'.
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![CD.png](/images/7/79/CD.png) |
Datatype CD: coded descriptor. Data element that is coded with codesystems like SNOMED-CT, LOINC, G-Standaard, etc.
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![CO.png](/images/4/40/CO.png) |
Datatype CO: coded ordinal. Data element like CD but type CO adds semantics related to ordering to the elements of the codesystem, e.g. little, normal, much, very much.
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![ED.png](/images/6/62/ED.png) |
Datatype ED: encoded data. Datatype that is used to represent e.g. images or document blob's.
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![II.png](/images/4/4f/II.png) |
Datatype II: instance identifier. Data element that uniquely identifies a thing or object, e.g a driving licence number, a passport number, etc.
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![INT.png](/images/1/1e/INT.png) |
Datatype INT: integer. Data element that contains any of the natural numbers, the negatives of these numbers, or zero.
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![PQ.png](/images/1/11/PQ.png) |
Datatype PQ: physical quantity. Data element that expresses a quantity and a unit of measure, typically the result of a measurement. The units of measure are to be selected from the UCUM system.
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![ST.png](/images/5/52/ST.png) |
Datatype ST: string. Data element contains textual information.
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![TS.png](/images/7/75/TS.png) |
Datatype TS: timestamp. Data element contains a date and/or a time. Incomplete dates like 'March 1985' are allowed.
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![Unknown.png](/images/d/dd/Unknown.png) |
Error: datatype not found. Normally this icon will not be present.
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Column 'Reference'
![List2.png](/images/4/4e/List2.png) |
Reference to a valueset on the same wikipage
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![AA2.png](/images/d/dc/AA2.png) |
Reference to an assigning authority of an identifier on the same wikipage
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![Block.png](/images/4/48/Block.png) |
Reference to another HCIM. Following the hyperlink will open the referenced HCIM page in a new tab.
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General
In the table following the information model the top level element and the containers are preceded by a
and the other elements by a ![Arrowright.png](/images/0/0b/Arrowright.png)
This indicates the container the concept is part of.
With each new container, the list indents further to the right, indicated by a vertical dashed line.
All elements at the same indentation level belong to the same container.