1. Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) eDoC Harmonization – X12 XML Introduction October 1, 2014

2. XML –Human-readable and machine-readable markup language –Free & open standard, widely used, highly interoperable –SDO: W3C XML Markup –Tags –Elements –Attributes XML Primer

3. XML –Human-readable and machine-readable markup language –Free & open standard, widely used, highly interoperable –SDO: W3C XML Markup –Tags –Elements –Attributes XML Primer – Tags or

4. XML –Human-readable and machine-readable markup language –Free & open standard, widely used, highly interoperable –SDO: W3C XML Markup –Tags –Elements –Attributes XML Primer – Elements John Smith John Smith

5. XML –Human-readable and machine-readable markup language –Free & open standard, widely used, highly interoperable –SDO: W3C XML Markup –Tags –Elements –Attributes XML Primer – Attributes John Smith

6. XML Schema –Describes XML document structure (.xsd filetype) –Defines rules/expectations of elements and attributes Allowable/expected elements and attributes Data types (e.g., must be an positive integer) Order and number of child elements Default/fixed values XML Primer – Schema

7. XML Schema –Describes XML document structure (.xsd filetype) –Defines rules/expectations of elements and attributes Allowable/expected elements and attributes Data types (e.g., must be an positive integer) Order and number of child elements Default/fixed values XML Primer – Schema Example

8. X12 Implementation Guide Concepts –Loops  Segments  Elements –Repeats –Constraints –Delimiters XML and X12

9. X12 278 – Loop 2010A – UMO Name –Loop element name defined ( xs:element name ) and name description ( xs:documentation ) X12 XML Schema Example

10. X12 278 – Loop 2010A – UMO Name –Allowable/expected segments are indicated in nested tags ( xs:element ref ) X12 XML Schema Example

11. X12 278 – Loop 2010A – UMO Name –Number of segment occurrences is described by attributes ( xs:element minOccurs maxOccurs ) –Segments appear as child elements and are defined further down the XSD document X12 XML Schema Example