Logical Record Architecture for Health and Social Care

Discharge Summary Release 0.02

The content of this release is not comprehensive and is not fully validated and must not be used in live system implementations.

Reference Model Abstract Class: EN

An abstract data type whose specification otherwise conforms to the ISO 21090 representation of a name for a person, organization, place or thing. Structurally entity names are sequences of entity name parts, but in addition the data type provides support for specifying the valid period of a name and its intended use.

Specializes

ANY

Attributes

Name Data type Occurs Description
part EN.Part 0..* A sequence of entity name parts, such as given name or family name, prefix, suffix, etc. Any instance of EN that is not is null must have at least one entity name part.
use EntityNameUse 0..* As ISO 21090, a set of codes to indicating to a system or user which name in a set of names to select for a given purpose. An entity name instance may therefore be associated with number of intended uses. A name without specific use code might be a default name useful for any purpose, but a name with a specific use code would be preferred for that respective purpose.


Constraints

Type Name Specification
null or parts Invariant inv: isNull xor part->isEmpty