1. Styleguide for HL7 V2.3.2 Frank Oemig, HL7 Germany Klaus Veil, HL7 Australia

2. Purpose Uniform layout of whole standard Consistency Checking Automatic generation for HL7 database Controlled by MS Word Template File: "HL7.DOT"

3. Document Structure Introductory Page –Title –TC Chairs and Editors Purpose Event/Message Definitions Segment Definitions

4. Definitions In form of tables Applied on –Messages –Attribute Tables –Tables and suggested values user defined tables HL7 defined tables

5. References No direct formatting  Styles To be applied on –Data Elements –Tables

6. Other Styles Components Notes Examples Page Headers and Footers Lists

7. Rules Application of Styles Index Information –Data Types –Data Elements –Segments –Events –Tables –Message Types

8. Current Status Definition for V.2.3.2 V.2.3.1 –no reference styles applied