Oasis members,
I am writing this to address some issues I have found with
the latest OASIS EDXL-HAVE v1.0 standard dated 1 November 2008. I have written
some internal test procedures for the NIMS STEP program for vendors wishing to
submit EDXL-HAVE related products as well as for their evaluation of NIMS
concepts and principles. Here is a list of comments and questions I came across
while putting together my test procedures:
- Page 10 shows the Document
Object Model (DOM) and in various places it shows “Comment Text”
as allowing for multiple instances as indicated with the asterisk (*).
However, many places on the DOM don’t have the “Comment Text”
element with the asterisk for “multiple instances allowed”. Is
this an over site or should they be listed as they are (some with and some
without) or one way or the other? The Supporting elements and types on
page 60 show <have:CommentText> as OPTIONAL and not listed as “May
use Multiple”. So this is a bit more confusing.
- Page 10 shows the DOM and under
OrganizationInformation shows the CIQ supporting element “OrganizationInfo”
which should be spelled as “OrganisationInfo”. The “z”
should be an “s”.
- Page 10 under
EmergencyDepartmentStatus shows only supporting element “CommentText”
* which is listed on page 15 with other sub elements such as EMSTraffic,
EMSCapacity, EMSCensus, EMSAmbulanceStatus, EMSAirTransportStatus. It
seems that “CommentText doesn’t fit into the same categories
as the other sub elements on the DOM. This is also more confusing.
- Page 10 under EMSTraffic, it
lists sub elements EMSTrafficStatus, EMSTrafficReason. However, on page 15
it lists EMSTraffic with once again the confusing listing of “CommentText”
which seems out of place or needs to be better described / documented.
- Page 16 indicates element
<have:EMSCensus> with a “TriageCount” Type. This seems
confusing again because the DOM on page 10 shows “TriageCount”
as an element.
- Page 10 under EMSAmbulanceStatus
does not list “CommentText” as it does on page 19/20 as a sub
element. Again confusing.
- Page 10 under Offload does not
have any supporting element documentation on what I would expect to see it
listed on page 20 as an element and not a Type. This would relate to
elements <have:EMSOffloadStatus> and <have:EMSOffloadMinutes>.
Confusing to figure out.
- Page 22 shows element
<have:HospitalbedCapacityStatus> with sub element “BedType”,
yet page 10 on the DOM it indicates a sub element of “CommentText”.
Confusing.
- Page 10 under
ServiceCoverageStatus does not indicate a complete list of sub elements.
On page 29 there are many more not listed on the DOM (page 10).
- Page 36 lists
<have:OBGYN> and the listing is identical to
<have:OBGYNWithLaborDelivery>. How does one know when to use one vs
the other if they are identically listed?
- Many places in the document
list “Surgery Services” and also lists “Surgical
Services” interchangeably. For consistency sake, make them one or
the other.
- Page 60 lists element
<have:LastUpdateTime> as Required. Is this Required once only, Multiple
use or Conditional? The constraint listed would seem to indicate this
should be listed as Conditional.
- CIQ elements on page 62 to 69
do not use the standard element format of <have:elementname> but instead leave out
the <have: >. Is this correct?
Thank you for reading my concerns
for these issues.
Timothy Gilmore
NIMS STEP Test and Evaluation
Engineer
606-274-2063
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