Date: October 5, 2005

FR: John Quinn, Chair, HL7 Technical Steering Committee

RE: Errata identified in CDA, R1 and the informative schema

This letter addresses errata identified in CDA R1 and the informative schema. A
section is provided below to address each document.

CDA R1 ERRATA

Three errata have been identified in the CDA, R1:

[1] Date format

[2] PN datatype
[3] Clarify <is_known_to>

[1] Date format

The date format in CDA R1 is ambiguous, being shown in HL7 format and XML
format in various locations. As a result, either format is acceptable 1.

The stylesheet issued with CDA R1 can be updated to handle both formats by
replacing this:

<xsl:template name='date'>
 <xsl:param name='date'/>
 <xsl:variable name='month' select='substring ($date, 6, 2)'/>
 <xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test='$month=01'>
   <xsl:text>January </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=02'>
   <xsl:text>February </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=03'>
   <xsl:text>March </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=04'>
   <xsl:text>April </xsl:text>
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It should be noted that CDA R2 and the final HL7 V3 datatype specification use the HL7 format.

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  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=05'>
   <xsl:text>May </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=06'>
   <xsl:text>June </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=07'>
   <xsl:text>July </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=08'>
   <xsl:text>August </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=09'>
   <xsl:text>September </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=10'>
   <xsl:text>October </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=11'>
   <xsl:text>November </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:when test='$month=12'>
   <xsl:text>December </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
 </xsl:choose>
 <xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test='substring ($date, 9, 1)="0"'>
   <xsl:value-of select='substring ($date, 10, 1)'/><xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
  </xsl:when>
  <xsl:otherwise>
   <xsl:value-of select='substring ($date, 9, 2)'/><xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
  </xsl:otherwise>
 </xsl:choose>
 <xsl:value-of select='substring ($date, 1, 4)'/>
</xsl:template>
 
with the following:

<xsl:template name="date">
<xsl:param name="date"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test='substring ($date, 5, 1)="-"'>
<xsl:variable name="month" select="substring ($date, 6, 2)"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$month=01">

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 <xsl:text>January </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=02">
<xsl:text>February </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=03">
<xsl:text>March </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=04">
<xsl:text>April </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=05">
<xsl:text>May </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=06">
<xsl:text>June </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=07">
<xsl:text>July </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=08">
<xsl:text>August </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=09">
<xsl:text>September </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=10">
<xsl:text>October </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=11">
<xsl:text>November </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=12">
<xsl:text>December </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test='substring ($date, 9, 1)="0"'>
<xsl:value-of select="substring ($date, 10, 1)"/>
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="substring ($date, 9, 2)"/>
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

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</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:variable name="month" select="substring ($date, 5, 2)"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$month=01">
<xsl:text>January </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=02">
<xsl:text>February </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=03">
<xsl:text>March </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=04">
<xsl:text>April </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=05">
<xsl:text>May </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=06">
<xsl:text>June </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=07">
<xsl:text>July </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=08">
<xsl:text>August </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=09">
<xsl:text>September </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=10">
<xsl:text>October </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=11">
<xsl:text>November </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$month=12">
<xsl:text>December </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test='substring ($date, 7, 1)="0"'>
<xsl:value-of select="substring ($date, 8, 1)"/>
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>

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 <xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="substring ($date, 7, 2)"/>
<xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:value-of select="substring ($date, 1, 4)"/>
</xsl:template>

[2] PN datatype

The datatype DTD distributed with CDA R1 contains an error in the definition of
the PN datatype.

The distributed definition:

<!ENTITY % PN-cont.model '((GIV|MID|FAM|PFX|SFX|DEL)*, NOTE?,

CONFID?)'>

should be changed to this:

<!ENTITY % PN-cont.model '((GIV|MID|FAM|PFX|SFX|PN.DEL)*, NOTE?,

CONFID?)'>)

[3] Clarify <is_known_to>

CDA R1 states that "the <is_known_to> element identifies the healthcare

provider" who knows a person in their role as a patient. The healthcare provider
need not be limited to the organization under whose auspices the document was
created, and may in fact be a healthcare payer organization or other healthcare
related service organization.

CDA L1 R1 SCHEMA ERRATA

(XML Schemas for CDA Level 1 Release 1, Revision Document as of 2005-09-
21)

One erratum has been identified in the XML Schema for CDA Level 1, Release 1
document. The informative document stated erroneously, that there has been
defined a namespace cda: in the schemas “levelone_1.0.xsd” and
“header_1.0.xsd” and a dt: namespace in the “v3dt_1.0.xsd” and that CDA R1
XML instances therefore must use namespace prefixes. An original CDA
Release 1 XML instance neither needs to contain, nor requires to contain any
namespace.

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In addition to being distributed to all members, this letter and the updated
schemas will be incorporated into the package that is distributed to those who
purchase a copy of the CDA, R1. The CDA, R1 package available on the web
site under Member Downloads will also be updated accordingly. Members can
download a copy of this letter and the attached schemas at
http://www.hl7.org/memonly/downloads/home_download.cfm.

Please feel free to contact me (John.f.quinn@accenture.com) or Headquarters

(Karenvan@HL7.org) should you have questions about the errata documents.