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HL7 messaging standard

The HL7 messaging standard defines the structure and content of messages that are exchanged between systems in various administrative, financial, and clinical activities in the healthcare industry.

HL7 v2 messages can be modeled by using DFDL or MRM Tagged/Delimited String Format (TDS).

HL7 v3 messages can be modeled by using XML schemas.

Predefined DFDL schemas for HL7 v2 are available from the GitHub DFDLSchemas website (https://github.com/DFDLSchemas) and are included in the IBM® Integration Bus Healthcare Pack .

Predefined MRM message sets for HL7 v2 are included in the IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack , and are available as part of the following Healthcare sample:

You can view information about samples only when you use the product documentation that is integrated with the IBM Integration Toolkit or the online product documentation. You can run samples only when you use the product documentation that is integrated with the IBM Integration Toolkit.

Predefined XML schemas for HL7 v3 are available from the Health Level Seven International website (www.HL7.org).

Related concepts:
Data Format Description Language (DFDL)
MRM TDS format: Relationship to the logical model
Message modeling
The message model
Related tasks:
Creating a DFDL schema file
Constructing message models
Message Sets: Working with MRM message model objects
Related reference:
Industry standard formats
Message model reference information
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