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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'===

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|style="width: 40px;"|[[Bestand:Block.png|26px]]||HCIM root, the top level of the HCIM.
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|[[Bestand:Folder.png|24px]]||Container. A container is a collection of related elements, which can occur together one or more times.
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|[[Bestand:Verwijzing.png|24px]]||Reference. A reference to another HCIM. The column 'Reference' contains the name of the HCIM as well as a link.
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|[[Bestand:ANY.png]]||Datatype ANY: any of the below mentioned datatypes can be used. 
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|[[Bestand:BL.png]]||Datatype BL: boolean. Data element that only represents the values 'Yes/No' of 'True/False'.
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|[[Bestand:CD.png]]||Datatype CD: coded descriptor. Data element that is coded with codesystems like SNOMED-CT, LOINC, G-Standaard, etc.
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|[[Bestand: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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|[[Bestand:ED.png]]||Datatype ED: encoded data. Datatype that is used to represent ''e.g.'' images or document blob's.
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|[[Bestand: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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|[[Bestand: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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|[[Bestand: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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|[[Bestand:ST.png]]||Datatype ST: string. Data element contains textual information.
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|[[Bestand: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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|[[Bestand:Unknown.png]]||Error: datatype not found. Normally this icon will not be present.

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===Column 'Reference'===

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|style="width: 40px;"|[[Bestand:List2.png|24px]]||Reference to a valueset on the same wikipage 
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|[[Bestand:AA2.png|24px]]||Reference to an assigning authority of an identifier on the same wikipage
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|[[Bestand:Block.png|26px]]||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 [[Bestand:Arrowdown.png]] and the other elements by a [[Bestand:Arrowright.png]]<BR>
This indicates the container the concept is part of.<BR>
With each new container, the list indents further to the right, indicated by a vertical dashed line.<BR>
All elements at the same indentation level belong to the same container.