Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Tracking of Emergency Patients (TEP) Version 1.0

Committee Specification Draft 02 /
Public Review Draft 02

08 October 2013

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Technical Committee:

OASIS Emergency Management TC

Chair:

Elysa Jones (elysajones@yahoo.com), Individual

Editor:

Werner Joerg (werner.joerg@iem.com), IEM

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Abstract:

EDXL-TEP is an XML messaging standard primarily for exchange of emergency patient and tracking information from the point of patient encounter through definitive care admission or field release. TEP supports patient tracking across the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) care continuum, as well as hospital evacuations and patient transfers, providing real-time information to responders, Emergency Management, coordinating organizations and care facilities in the chain of care and transport.

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Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Tracking of Emergency Patients (TEP) Version 1.0. 08 October 2013. OASIS Committee Specification Draft 02 / Public Review Draft 02. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-tep/v1.0/csprd02/edxl-tep-v1.0-csprd02.html.



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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 6

1.1 Purpose 6

1.2 History 6

1.3 Structure of the EDXL Tracking of Emergency Patients Specification 8

1.4 Terminology 9

1.5 Normative References 9

1.6 Non-Normative References 10

2 Design Principles & Concepts (non-normative) 11

2.1 Design Philosophy 11

2.2 Requirements for Design 11

2.3 Example Usage Scenarios 11

2.3.1 Example 1 12

2.3.2 Example 2 12

2.3.3 Example 3 12

2.3.4 Exercises 13

3 EDXL Tracking of Emergency Patients 15

3.1 TEP Message Definition (non-normative) 15

3.2 Supporting Elements (non-normative) 15

3.2.1 Common Types 15

3.2.2 Selecting values from lists 16

3.2.2.1 ValueListType 16

3.2.2.2 ValueKeyType 17

3.2.3 EDXL Extensions 17

3.2.3.1 Community augmentation 19

3.2.3.2 List augmentation 19

3.2.3.3 List replacement 20

3.2.3.4 List redefinition 21

3.2.3.5 Special application of Extension 21

3.3 Element Reference Model (non-normative) 22

3.4 Distribution of EDXL-TEP (non-normative) 22

3.4.1 EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE) 22

3.4.1.1 Identifying MessageType 23

3.4.1.2 Identifying Message Sender 23

3.4.1.3 DateTime Message Sent 24

3.4.1.4 Multiple TEP messages 24

3.4.1.5 Signature 24

3.5 Attachments 24

3.6 TEP Elements 24

4 Data Dictionary (normative) 27

4.1 “Routing Header” Elements 28

4.2 TEP Message 28

4.3 Patient 30

4.4 Situation (Incident) 40

4.5 HealthCareProvider 44

4.6 Transport 49

4.7 Patient Encounter 51

4.8 Patient Care 53

4.9 Patient Transfer 64

4.10 Patient ID 66

4.11 Patient Age 68

4.12 Medication 70

4.13 Glossary / List of Acronyms 72

5 Conformance 75

Appendix A Acknowledgments 76

Appendix B XML Schema for EDXL-TEP 77

Appendix C XML Schema for EDXL-Extensions 78

Appendix D Revision History 79



1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

The ongoing goal of the Emergency Data eXchange Language (EDXL) project is to facilitate emergency information sharing and data exchange across the local, state, tribal, national and non-governmental organizations of different professions that provide emergency response and management services. EDXL accomplishes this goal by focusing on the standardization of specific messages (messaging interfaces) to facilitate emergency communication and coordination particularly when more than one profession or governmental jurisdiction is involved.

The current roster of EDXL Standards includes:

§ The Common Alerting Protocol v1.2 specification (EDXL-CAP), with various dedicated profiles

§ The Distribution Element Specification v2.0 (EDXL-DE)

§ The Hospital AVailability Exchange specification v1.0 (EDXL-HAVE)

§ The Resource Messaging specification v1.0 (EDXL-RM)

§ The Situation Reporting specification v1.0 (EDXL-SitRep)

The primary purpose of EDXL-TEP is an XML messaging standard for exchange of emergency patient and tracking information during patient encounter through admission or release. TEP supports patient tracking across the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) care continuum, as well as hospital evacuations and patient transfers, providing real-time information to responders, Emergency Management, coordinating organizations and care facilities in the chain of care and transport.

The TEP purpose is aimed at increased effectiveness of emergency medical management, patient tracking, and continued patient care capabilities during emergency care. TEP is driven by cross-profession practitioner needs (Practitioner Steering Group), and led by the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO). It also supports select goals of the HHS-Agency for Health and Research Quality (AHRQ), NDMS process and systems, and gaps identified by the Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP).

1.2 History

Through a practitioner-driven approach, the Command, Control and Interoperability Division (CID) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate creates and deploys information resources to enable seamless and secure interactions among state, local, tribal, international, private entities, homeland security stakeholders and other federal entities. CID creates and deploys Information resources such as standards, frameworks, tools, and technologies.

CID is organized into five program areas: Basic/Futures Research; Cyber Security; Knowledge Management Tools; Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC); and Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Investigative Technologies.

Following voice interoperability programs such as SAFECOM, the OIC’s interoperable messaging standards program was initiated as one of the President’s e-Gov initiatives in 2001. The OIC mission is to serve as the standards program within the Federal Government to facilitate local, tribal, state, and federal public safety and emergency response agencies to improve emergency / disaster response through effective and efficient interoperable data sharing. OIC sponsors the process to facilitate practitioner requirements for the development of EDXL standards.

EDXL will accomplish this mission through the standardization of specific messages (XML messaging interfaces) which facilitate coordination and emergency communication between disparate software applications and systems - particularly when more than one profession or jurisdiction is involved.

The EDXL program is an open, public practitioner-driven process driven solely by cross-profession emergency practitioners through an OIC-sponsored Practitioner Steering Group (PSG) and Standards Working Group (SWG). The EDXL program is also a public-private partnership working with the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC), Vendor communities, and OASIS.

The OIC-sponsored PSG governance was formalized following publication of the EDXL Distribution Element. It plays a key role in the direction, prioritization, definition, and execution of the DHS-OIC program. The group is comprised of representatives of major emergency response associations and organizations, setting priorities and providing recommendations regarding messaging standards development as well as the other facets of the OIC-EDXL program.

A number of requests, requirements and detailed studies converged to drive the requirement for a standard data exchange for patient tracking across disparate jurisdictions, professions using the many systems in place today or planned. Figure 1 below provides a graphical depiction of various driving efforts and time-line.

· The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) “Recommendations for a National Mass Patient and Evacuee Movement, Regulating, and Tracking System”

· Gaps and requirements identified by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) sponsored IS-04 Emergency Responder Emergency Health Record (ER-EHR) & Use Cases

· The Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) ER-EHR Interoperability specification

· As gaps were assigned to various agencies to address, the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) submitted a formal request to DHS-S&T on behalf of the state and local practitioners, to facilitate the many stakeholders to a consensus-based requirement. This request was supported by HHS-AHRQ, ASPR and NDMS.

· Not depicted in Figure 1 are two major, multi-jurisdiction, multi-system live Patient Tracking exercises.  Each of these exercises identified improvements which were integrated into the TEP standard as a result of actual disparate system data exchanges, observations and input from participating organizations.  A detailed description of the exercises is contained in Section 3.4 “Exercises”.

These efforts documented and demonstrated the current lack of a standardized approach to Patient Tracking, as numerous disparate patients tracking software systems are used to track patients across jurisdiction and professional boundaries, but cannot share information without one-off manual processes.

The NASEMSO and other stakeholder organizations looked to the DHS-S&T OIC EDXL standards process, which has demonstrated success facilitating standards through Federally-sponsored cross-profession efforts in partnership with public Standards Development Organizations (SDO) and private industry. Utilizing the requests, requirements and detailed studies discussed above coupled with standard process and governance, the requirements and specification effort was initiated by these stakeholders and a TEP Steering Committee was formed to drive and draft scope, secure participation, and escalate decision-making.

The EDXL-TEP draft specification was developed based on explicitly defined requirements and messaging specification, which was submitted to the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee (EM-TC) to begin work on this international EDXL-TEP standard.

The TEP standard is intended to provide a standardized way for any existing or planned system to seamlessly share patient tracking information, fully realizing the potential of these numerous systems.

The EDXL-TEP standard will facilitate exchange of emergency patient and tracking data, providing “real-time” information to responders and care facilities across the EMS emergency medical care continuum. TEP is used from the point of patient encounter until patient release from care, or admission (“handoff”) to definitive care (such as a hospital). TEP is aimed at the increased effectiveness of emergency medical management, patient tracking, and preparation for emergency care, supporting local, day to day needs as well as mass care situations across jurisdictions.






Fig. 1 Patient Tracking Collaboration History

1.3 Structure of the EDXL Tracking of Emergency Patients Specification

The EDXL-TEP standard document structure is defined using successively more detailed or constrained artifacts in the form of textual descriptions, diagrams, figures, tables and Appendices. The EDXL-TEP XML Schema is provided separately. The overall structure of the EDXL-TEP message is first represented in an Element Reference Model (ERM). The ERM is the foundation from which individual constraint schemas (individual situation report types) are defined.

The structure of the EDXL-TEP standard is defined in the following sections:

These sections together define the message structure, message element definitions, optionality and

cardinality.

1.4 Terminology

The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

In addition, within this Specification, the keyword “CONDITIONAL” should be interpreted as potentially “REQUIRED” or “OPTIONAL” depending on the surrounding context. The term payload refers to some body of information contained in the distribution element. The term “REQUIRED” means that empty elements or NULL values are NOT allowed.

For increased precision, these terms are complemented with the inclusive interval notation [lb .. ub], where lb stands for lower bound (default 0) and ub stands for upper bound (default '*' - any > 1). E.g. [1..1] means REQUIRED, exactly once, [..*] means OPTIONAL, any number of times.

1.5 Normative References

[RFC2046] N. Freed, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt, IETF RFC 2046, November 1996.

[RFC2119] S. Bradner, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt, IETF RFC 2119, March 1997.

RFC3066] H. Alvestrand, Tags for the Identification of Languages, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt, IETF RFC 3066, January 2001.

[WGS 84] National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984, http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/publications/tr8350.2/tr8350_2.html, NGA Technical Report TR8350.2, January 2000.

[XML 1.0] T. Bray, Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition), http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/, W3C REC-XML-20040204, February 2004.

[namespaces] T. Bray, Namespaces in XML, http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/, W3C REC-xml-names-19990114, January 1999.

[dateTime] N. Freed, XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition, http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime, W3C REC-xmlschema-2, October 2004.

[xlink] S. DeRose et al, XML Linking Language (Xlink) Version 1.1, http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink11/, W3C REC-xlink11, May 2010.

[EDXL-CIQ] W. Joerg, OASIS Committee Specification Draft Emergency Data Exchange Language Customer Information Quality http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ciq/v1.0/csd02/ , September, 2011

[EDXL-CT] W. Joerg, OASIS Committee Specification Draft Emergency Data Exchange Language Common Types http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ct/v1.0/csd02/, November, 2011

[EDXL-GSF] W. Joerg, OASIS Committee Specification Draft Emergency Data Exchange Language GML Simple Features http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-gsf/v1.0/csd01/, September, 2011

[EDXL-HAVE] Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital AVailablity Exchange.. OASIS Standard 01 http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxlhave/v1.0/emergency_edxl_have-1.0.html, 1 November 2008

[EDXL-RM] Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Resource Messaging. OASIS Standard. V1.0. http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-rm/v1.0/errata/EDXL-RM-v1.0-OS-errata-os.html, 1 November 2008

[EDXL-SitRep] Emergency Data Exchange Language Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep) Version 1.0. 4 May 2012. OASIS Committee Specification Draft 01 / Working Draft 18.

1.6 Non-Normative References

[EDXL General Functional Requirements]

EDXL General Functional Requirements, http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=10031&wg_abbrev=emergency, November 2004.

[EDXL Distribution Element Implementer's Guide]

EDXL Distribution Element Implementer's Guide, http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=14120&wg_abbrev=emergency, August 2005


2 Design Principles & Concepts (non-normative)

2.1 Design Philosophy



Below are some of the guiding principles behind the development of EDXL-TEP:

· Provide a standard message format for the Tracking of Emergency Patients data exchange standard

· Separation of EDXL-TEP message structure from routing header structure

· Facilitate any mechanisms or techniques for routing and movement of TEP messages, such as point to point, use of an open or proprietary message broker, publish / subscribe, etc.

· Enable dissemination of messages based on geographic delivery area

· Use and reuse of data content and models developed by other initiatives

· Business process-driven specific messaging needs across emergency professions

· Design for the basic needs of two primary systems categories:

· Supporting everyday events and incident preparedness, as well as disasters

· Facilitate emergency information sharing and data exchange across the local, state, tribal, national and non-governmental organizations of different professions that provide emergency response and management services

2.2 Requirements for Design



The initial requirements submitted to the Technical Committee by the DHS-OIC sponsored EDXL Standards Working Group (SWG) described in Section 1.2 can be reviewed at:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/338215/EDXL-TEP-Rqmts&draftMessagingSpecFinalV2.2_05-05-2010.pdf

Referenced within the specification document, the Project Initiation Document (PID) contains the effort purpose, objectives and scope:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/...

2.3 Example Usage Scenarios



Notes:

2.3.1 Example 1











EDXL-TEP is intended to be light and simple enough for average day to day usage such as a multi-car traffic accident. As patients are identified and data collected, TEP messages may be sent to any number of state and local agencies which track patient movement, transport and care information, as well as to the destination hospital to help them better prepare for incoming patient care.

2.3.2 Example 2





...





During certain hazard events or larger casualty incidents, EDXL-TEP is intended to track patients between multiple physical locations, as well as between care givers retaining responsibility for that patient at a point in time. For example, a patient is loaded on-board an ambulance at incident scene and departs. TEP updates systems showing the ambulance crew is now responsible, and updates transport, location and destination information.

2.3.3 Example 3













During mass casualty events where local resources are overburdened, Federal resources working through Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8, may assist with patient transport, using their system called JPATS. This scenario is demonstrated below during the “2010 Tennessee National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) live Patient Movement Exercise & draft EDXL-TEP data exchange POC for Patient Tracking”. Each patient is triaged and/or cared for at incident scene, transported to an APOE (normally at an airport), where they are loaded to aircraft and flown to Patient Reception Area (PRA), perhaps in another state. At PRA, each patient is triaged, cared for, and each loaded on board ambulances/other transportation which departs for local hospitals. Upon arrival, each patient is scanned into the destination hospital or other definitive care for further care and treatment. At each change or update of patient ID, location, care provider, movement, condition change, or care, TEP messages may be sent and received to multiple recipients.

2.3.4 Exercises

The draft TEP specification has been successfully piloted in two major, multi-jurisdiction, multi-system live Patient Tracking exercises, and demonstrated during the 2012 Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness and Response Training Summit. These exercises validated scenarios, use cases and data requirements, and the applicability and value of the EDXL standards approach for patient tracking across locations, organizations, jurisdictions, and disparate implemented systems. Each exercise identified improvements which were incorporated into the practitioner requirements and draft specification submitted to OASIS.

The 2010 live patient movement exercise tracked nearly 100 live volunteer patients between the states of Maryland and Tennessee with TEP interoperability implemented among one Federal (HHS), two states and one local system. The results were used to enhance the TEP specification prior to submission to the SDO. Attributes of the exercise included:

  1. Tracking of virtual patient movement from Baltimore, MD to Tennessee Patient Reception Area (PRA), followed by live volunteer patient movement from Tennessee PRA to multiple local hospitals.

  2. Participating State Systems: State of Tennessee, and Memphis TN locality (2 systems, multiple independent organization implementations), State of Maryland.

  3. Participating Federal Systems: Joint Patient Assessment and Tracking System(JPATS)


The following provides a high-level description how the EDXL-TEP data exchange was utilized during the 2010 Tennessee National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) live Patient Movement Exercise.
In each instance, a TEP message for each patient was sent/received instantaneously as patient or location data was updated in the participating system.

The Maryland Institute for EMS Systems (MIEMSS) first utilized their HC Standard system (by GER) to identify, tag, scan, and transport each patient (100 in all) to NDMS DMAT at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport

In 2011 five states within the National Level Exercise (NLE) utilized the improved TEP specification to track patient movement in and between the states of Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Mississippi, with TEP interoperability enabled between four current tracking systems. Attributes of the exercise included:

  1. Tracking of virtual patient movement from Patient Reception Area (PRA) to multiple local hospitals.

  2. Participating State Systems: State of Tennessee, and Memphis TN locality (2 systems, multiple independent organization implementations), State of Maryland, Louisiana Region 6.





  1. Tracking of live volunteer patients as they entered the assembly hall, in parallel with panel presentation of each system participant and the EDXL-TEP approach.

  2. Participating State Systems: State of Tennessee, Memphis TN locality, State of Maryland, State of Louisiana Region 6.

  3. Participating Federal Systems: Joint Patient Assessment and Tracking System (JPATS).





3 EDXL Tracking of Emergency Patients

Section 3 of this Standard is normative unless otherwise stated. If any differences are found between any XML schema and its associated model, diagram, table or other artifact or text, then the XML schema shall always take precedence and the other artifact(s) must be changed to match the XML schema.

Note: Please report any such errors to OASIS.

3.1 TEP Message Definition (non-normative)

The TEP message is a single EDXL message that is intended to facilitate the pro-active sharing of EMS Provider, Patient Location, Incident, Patient Demographic, and Patient Care information as warranted to provide better patient care and preparation by facilities that will eventually provide ongoing and post-emergency care. This message addresses TEP requirements in a “data-driven” mode. Users may create or update data based on key events in the field. Any change will be captured and then shared via the TEP messaging standard according to local standard operating procedures and or implementation decisions. A TEP message may be sent if one and only one element is changed, or if a group of elements changes and are sent in compliance with the standard.

Typical actors:

3.2 Supporting Elements (non-normative)

3.2.1 Common Types

        Supporting Element Types borrow re-usable elements from the EDXL Common Types (ct:) that apply to and support multiple areas of the TEP 1.0 messages, such as Location, PatientContact etc.. For instance incidentLocation relies on ct:EDXLLocationType, which consists of either EDXLGeoLocation for geographical information or EDXLGeoPoliticalLocation for geopolitical information. EDXLGeoLocation is of type edxl-gsf:EDXLGeoLocationType and EDXLGeoPoliticalLocation is of type ct:EDXLGeoPoliticalLocationType. This latter type consists of either a GeoCode (of type ct:ValueListType) or an Address (of type edxl-ciq:xAL:AddressType).

The following elements are used in this specification and can be found at the locations cited in the normative references in Section 1.5 above.

Supporting Element/Type

Defined In

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:EDXLStringType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:PercentageType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:ValueListURIType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:ValueType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:DegreesCType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:EstimateType

EDXL-CT (Simple Types)

ct:ValueListType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:ValueKeyType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:PersonDetailsType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:EDXLGeoPoliticalLocationType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

ct:EDXLLocationType

EDXL-CT (Complex Types)

gsf:EDXLGeoLocationType

EDXL-GSF

ct:ValueListURI

EDXL-CT (Top Level Elements)

xal:addressType

EDXL-CIQ

ext:ExtensionType

EDXL-EXT



3.2.2 Selecting values from lists

The ValueList and ValueKey types are part of the EDXL Common Types collection. They allow standards adopters to use topic specific lists of values for elements such as raceEthnicity, fluenSpokenLanguages, specialTransportationNeeds, etc.. Both types have identical structure, but ValueList allows for selection of multiple values [1..*] in the list, whereas ValueKey allows for selection of only one [1..1] value in the list.

When using a ValueList / ValueKey structure the user can specify a user-defined list by URI (either using the “urn:...” format or the more familiar “http://...” format) and then include user-defined values from that list. This structure has several advantages: (a) it provides flexibility for local communities to use community-defined terms and vocabulary; (b) it allows for the external maintenance of local or standardized lists; and (c) it avoids the problems inherent in attempting to constantly update hard-coded enumerations in a specification.

An existing vetted list should be referenced for defaults, but users could also reference their own value list .

3.2.2.1 ValueListType

The schema for ct:ValueListType is defined as

<xs:complexType name="ValueListType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element ref="ct:ValueListURI" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>

<xs:element ref="ct:Value" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

and its application to the XML description of an element elementName of type ct:ValueListType would be:

<elementName>

<ct:ValueListURI>valueListURI</ct:ValueListURI>

<ct:Value>value_1</ct:Value>

<ct:Value>value_n</ct:Value>

</elementName>


In the Data Dictionary we describe examples of elements of type ct:ValueListType by listing value assignments to valueListURI and value_1, …, value_n.

So for instance an example for “specialMedicalNeeds” is described by

which stands for

<specialMedicalNeeds>

<ct:ValueListURI>urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:specialMedicalNeeds</ct:ValueListURI>

<ct:Value>Ventilator</ct:Value>

<ct:Value>Oxygen</ct:Value>

</specialMedicalNeeds>



This example contains two special needs, one whose value is “Ventilator” and one whose value is “Oxygen”. These are notional needs created for this example. The needs are identified as values from a list whose unique Uniform Reference Identifier (URI) is “urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:specialMedicalNeeds”.

A note about ValueList: the multiplicity of ValueList can be a source for confusion. Typically, 1 is the maximum number of occurrences of ValueList. This means that at most one such list may occur for a given element; this does not preclude the user from selecting multiple entries from that list (maxOccurs = “unbounded”).

3.2.2.2 ValueKeyType

The schema for ValueKeyType is defined as

<xs:complexType name="ValueKeyType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element ref="ct:ValueListURI" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>

<xs:element ref="ct:Value" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

and its application to the XML description of an element elementName of type ct:ValueKeyType would be:

<elementName>

<ct:ValueListURI>valueListURI</ct:ValueListURI>

<ct:Value>value</ct:Value>

</elementName>

This example uses a published list of values and definitions and selects one specific entry to describe the eyeColor of a patient:

which stands for

            <eyeColor>

            <ct:ValueListURI>urn:myagency:gov:OMG:eyeColors</ct:ValueListURI>

            <ct:Value>Green</ct:Value>

            </eyeColor>

Following the approach in ValueList, we'd point ValueListURI to some other list to make a different selection of eye colors available.

3.2.3 EDXL Extensions

The challenge when developing standardized formats is to balance the need to define specific elements of emergency information that we can all agree upon and yet provide flexibility for local communities to include their particular information using their familiar vocabulary. EDXL addresses this concern by providing the common defined terms in the formal standards for the former, and by providing extension mechanisms for the latter.

Typical needs are:

  1. Community augmentation: community adds new information that is associated with the EDXL standard. Examples: adding HL7 translation information to the TEP.

  2. List augmentation: community adds new values (enumerations) to the default set of values in the standard. Example: adding FlightRisk value to the TEP contingencyMedicalSpecialityCode list.

  3. List replacement:: community replaces the default set of values in the standard in its entirety. Example: defining TriageStatus with number codes instead of colors.

  4. List redefinition: community reassigns the meaning of the default set of values in the standard in its entirety. Example: redefining the Black TriageCode to mean actively dying but not yet deceased.

EDXL combines the CommunityExtension mechanism with the ValueList and ValueKey types to deal with these needs. CommunityExtension addresses need 1.; ValueList / ValueKey address need 3. ; and combined they address needs 2. and 4.

For more details about EDXL Extensions and usage guidance, refer to the white paper [EDXL Extensions] referenced in section 1.6 above.

A “CommunityExtension”, or simply “Extension”, is a term used to describe supplemental message information that a community wants to add to the otherwise standard message information normally contained within an EDXL standard message. It is defined by the ExtensionType which consists of a [1..*] set of name/value pairs.

The schema for ExtensionType is defined as

<xs:complexType name="ExtensionType">

<!-- Base type to allow communities to extend/augment an EDXL data standard -->

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="community" type="xs:anyURI">

<!-- Unique community identifier -->

</xs:element>

<xs:element name="id" type="xs:anyURI">

<!-- Unique identifier for this extension -->

</xs:element>

<xs:element name="parameter" type="ext:ParameterType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

where "ParameterType" is defined as a group of elements used to extend/augment the data standard

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="nameURI" type="ext:ParameterNameType">

<!-- Unique identifier of a parameter -->

</xs:element>

<xs:element name="value" type="ext:ParameterValueType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xs:sequence>

with "ParameterNameType" being defined as a URI with optional xPath attribute

and "ParameterValueType" being defined as a ct:EDXLStringType" with optional "uom" attribute.


Its application to the XML description of an element elementName of type ext:ExtensionType would be:

<ext:ExtensionType xmlns=”urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:extension:1.0”>

<community>communityURI</community>

<id>extensionURI</id>

<parameter>

<nameURI>name</nameURI>

<value>value</value>

</parameter>

...

<parameter> … </parameter>

</ext:ExtensionType>


If that extension is to be used for adding a community specific item in an enumeration, we indicate this by adding

<xsd:enumeration value="ExtensionValue"/>

to the enumeration affected.

Note that this mechanism should be used only for required elements – if an element is optional, it could be completely replaced by any community extension, with its own name and structure.

Note also that for each example we assume that the schema contains the following element to allow for adding extensions:

<xsd:element name="extension"

3.2.3.1 Community augmentation

The following example illustrates the use of ExtensionType to build a community specific “layer” .

Example: adding an “earthquake layer” to an EDXL standard

<parameter>
<nameURI>http://example/layers/earthquake/Magnitude</nameURI>
<value uom=”http://example/layers/earthquake/RichterScale”>5.3</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<nameURI>http://example/layers/earthquake/EventTime</nameURI>
<value>2010-08-30T23:25:40+00:00</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<nameURI>http://example/layers/earthquake/Depth</nameURI>
<value uom=”http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/MileInternational>38.7</value>
</parameter>
</extension>

3.2.3.2 List augmentation

If the list is defined as a ValueList or a ValueKey, then use the corresponding mechanisms described above to point to revised lists. If the list is defined as an enumeration, then the augmentation can be achieved with the Extension mechanism.

The following example illustrates the use of ExtensionType to add community specific enumeration(s).

Example: adding “ReleasedForRehab” and “PostRehabRecidivismt” o PatientCurrentDispositionDefaultValues enumeration in TEP

3.2.3.3 List replacement

If the list is defined as a ValueList or a ValueKey, then use the corresponding mechanisms described above to point to a replacement list. If the list is defined as an enumeration, then the replacement can be achieved with the Extension mechanism.

Example: the default triage codes are {“Red", "Yellow", "Green, "Blue", "Black" and "ExtensionValue"}. To allow for the use of “Purple” from a different list of values, the TEP message would look like:

<TEPMessage>

<extension>

<community>http://example/US/EMS</community>

<id>layer2</id>

<parameter>

<nameURI xPath="./patient/patientEncounter/patientCare/triageStatus"> http://example/US/EMS/triageCodes

</nameURI>

<value>Purple</value>

</parameter>

</extension>

...

<patient>

<patientEncounter>

<patientCare>

<triageStatus>ExtensionValue</triageStatus>

</patientCare>

</patientEncounter>

</patient>

</TEPMessage>


3.2.3.4 List redefinition

If the list is defined as a ValueList or a ValueKey, then use the corresponding mechanisms described above to point to list redefinitions. If the list is defined as an enumeration, then the redefinition can be achieved with the Extension mechanism. Note that list redefinition may pose significant risk to interoperability and therefore, whether the list is completely redefined or only partially, best practices suggest that the extension mechanism must be used, to signal that risk.

Example: if one or more triage values are the same but have different meaning, then we use a redefined list with Extension:

<TEPMessage>

<extension>

<community>http://example/US/EMS</community>

<id>layer2</id>

<parameter>

<nameURI xPath=”./patient/patientEncounter/patientCare/triageStatus”>

http://example/US/EMS/triageCodes

</nameURI>

<value>Black</value>

</parameter>

</extension>

<patient>

<patientEncounter>

<patientCare>

<triageStatus>ExtensionValue</triageStatus>

</patientCare>

</patientEncounter>

</patient>

</TEPMessage>


3.2.3.5 Special application of Extension

Extensions can be used for other tasks such as translating TEP message structures to/from HL 7 structures. Here are two examples that address the TEP/HL7 translation problem for HL7 v2 and HL7 v3.

<TEPMessage>

<extension>

<community>TEP:v10:HL7:V271</community>

<id>layer2</id>

<parameter>

<nameURI xPath="./patient/patientID/ID">patientIDNumber</nameURI>

<value>Patient Identifier List | ID Number</value>

</parameter>

</extension>

...

<patient>

<patientID>

<ID>some id</ID>

</patientID>

</patient>

</TEPMessage>

<TEPMessage>

<extension>

<community>TEP:v10:HL7:V3</community>

<id>layer2</id>

<parameter>

<nameURI xPath="./patient/patientID/ID">patientIDNumber</nameURI>

<value>person.id</value>

</parameter>

</extension>

...

<patient>

<patientID>

<ID>some id</ID>

</patientID>

</patient>

</TEPMessage>



3.3 Element Reference Model (non-normative)



Figure 2 (below) shows the EDXL–TEP Element Reference Model (ERM). The purpose of the ERM is to define the TEP structure and the relationships between the main entities and their elements. Using the Unified Modeling Language as a means to illustrate the relationships, the ERM is not strictly normative. It is important that the ERM is not used as an implementation model. The exact semantics and structure are captured in the subsequent sections including the Data Dictionary, and the xsd schemas.

3.4 Distribution of EDXL-TEP (non-normative)

The primary purpose of the Emergency Data Exchange Language Tracking of Emergency Patients (EDXL-TEP) Specification is to provide an XML messaging standard for exchange of emergency patient and tracking information during patient encounter through admission or release, tracking across the EMS emergency medical care continuum, as well as hospital evacuations and patient transfers. These EDXL-TEP messages are specifically designed as payloads of the EDXL-DE. Together EDXL-DE and EDXL-TEP are intended to providing real-time information to responders, Emergency Management, coordinating organizations and care facilities in the chain of care and transport.. As set forth in Design Principles, routing and distribution information is found only in the EDXL-DE and not in the EDXL-TEP.

While the EDXL-TEP is designed to be an EDXL-DE payload, other routing mechanisms may be used to distribute EDXL-TEP content if the message meta-data is provided in the same form or if the sender specifies specific recipients of the payload.

3.4.1 EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE)


EDXL-TEP is designed to be routed using the DE. If other routing/transport mechanisms are being used, they must support at least the meta-data used by the DE, as described henceforth (non-normative).

EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE) V 2.0 was approved as an OASIS standard in … 2012. The EDXL-DE provides a flexible message-distribution framework for data sharing among emergency information systems using XML. The EDXL-DE may be used over any data transmission system, including, but not limited to, the SOAP HTTP binding.

The primary purpose of the Distribution Element is to facilitate the routing of emergency messages to recipients. The Distribution Element may be thought of as a container. It provides the information to route "payload" message sets by including key routing information such as distribution type, geography, incident, and sender/recipient IDs. Messages may be distributed to specific recipients, to recipients in a geographic area, or based on codes such as agency type (police, fire, etc.).



The following subsections describe practitioner requirements which are met through the EDXL-Distribution Element (DE). The listed requirement type and numbers refer to the Practitioners' requirements document “EDXL-TEP-Rqmts&amp;draftMessagingSpecFinalV2.2_05-05-2010.pdf”.

3.4.1.1 Identifying MessageType



The Requirement for identifying the “Message Type” of the EDXL-TEP is handled by the <DistributionKind> element of EDXL-DE v2.0.

The <DistributionKind> element defines the function of the message. It presents a choice between a user-defined value or a default value, but only a single value may be specified:

<DistributionKind>
<ct:ValueListURI>ValueListURI</ct:ValueListURI>
<ct:Value>value</ct:Value>
</DistributionKind>

If the default value list is used (”urn:oasis;names:tc:emergency:EDXL:DE2.0:Defaults:StatusType”) the functional name for the EDXL-TEP “Message Type” takes the form of an XML enumeration where the value must be one of:

§ Report - New information regarding an incident or activity.

§ Update - Updated information superseding a previous message.

§ Cancel - A cancellation or revocation of a previous message.

§ Request - A request for resources, information or action.

§ Response - A response to a previous request.

§ Ack - Acknowledgment of receipt of an earlier message.

§ Error - Rejection of an earlier message (for technical reasons).

It is important to note that identifying a text message as a “Request” for a TEP Message is handled by the EDXL <DistributionKind> element. More generally: where an existing EDXL-DE element meets a stated requirement, that element is not duplicated or referred to in the body of a TEP Message. The assumption and rule is that the EDXL-DE or equivalent will be used to route TEP messages, and therefore these requirements are satisfied by the DE.

This capability supports functional requirements #6, 11 and information requirement #2.

3.4.1.2 Identifying Message Sender

The Requirement for identifying the “Message Sender” of the EDXL-TEP is handled by one or two elements of EDXL-DE v2.0.The EDXL-DE v2.0 <SenderID> or an element with the identical definition and properties MUST be present in the EDXL-DE or other routing mechanism used to distribute an EDXL-TEP message. The <SenderRole> or an element with the identical definition and properties MAY be present.

<SenderRole> is expressed in an XML ValueList and Value.

§ The list and associated value(s) is in the form:

<SenderRole>

<ct:ValueListURI>valueListURI</ValueListURI>

<ct:Value>value</Value>

</SenderRole>

§ Where the content of <ValueListURI> is the Uniform Resource Identifier of a published list of values and definitions, and the content of <Value> is a string (which may represent a number) denoting the value itself.

Multiple instances of the <Value>, MAY occur with a single <ValueListURI> within the <SenderRole> container.

SenderID supports functional requirement #6 and information requirements #3, 21;

SenderRole supports functional requirement #6 and information requirements #3;.

3.4.1.3 DateTime Message Sent

The EDXL-DE v2.0 <DateTimeSent> element is used to established the date and time the EDXL-DE package contained the EDXL-TEP message is sent.

§ DateTime elements are represented consistent with previous EDXL standards (24-hour clock):

§ The date and time is represented in [DateTime] format (e. g., "2008-06-11T16:49:00-07:00" for 11 June 2008 at 16:49 PDT).

Alphabetic time zone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The time zone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00

This capability supports functional requirement #6 and information requirement #4.

3.4.1.4 Multiple TEP messages

The <ContentObject> construct in EDXL-DE 2.0 allows to carry multiple EDXL messages in the same DE message: each <ContentObject> MUST be well-formed <ContentXML> or <OtherContent>. EDXL-TEP is designed to be well-formed XML for routing, using EDXL-DE.

3.4.1.5 Signature

A digital version of a signature may optionally be included to provide the authority that authenticates a particular TEP message. A digital signature must be provided in the form of a graphic image carried by the EDXL-DE message header as separate content object.

3.5 Attachments

Additional documents such as photographs, fingerprints or health records may be attached to a TEP message, using the <ContentObject> construct of EDXL-DE, or other routing / transport mechanism with similar capability. Security or encryption needs for attachments are to be handled at the DE level.

This capability supports information requirement #5

3.6 TEP Elements

A TEP message consists of a message identifier (messageID - required) that uniquely identifies the message, a system identifier (systemIDoptional) that identifies the source of the information, and a group of elements (patientrequired) that uniquely identifies and describes the patient in terms of

§ personal identifying information such as gender, race, date of birth, hair color, etc.

§ communication / contact information such as spoken languages, family unification code, ..

§ special needs regarding transportation, medical attention, barriers to care, allergies, ..

§ situation information such as incident, location, time, ..

§ healthcare provider information such as kind, name, jurisdiction, ..

§ patient encounter information such as location, time, triage, care, ..

These elements are detailed further in Figure 2 and in the Data Dictionary (Section 4).

Figure 2 EDXL–TEP Element Reference Model (ERM)




4 Data Dictionary (normative)

The data dictionary is intended to provide detailed definition of each element contained in the EDXL-TEP standard. Where discrepancies may exist between this dictionary, the Element Reference Model (ERM), and the normative schema, the normative schema shall take precedence.

Element / ElementTypeName of the element or element type.

TypeType or format of the element.

UsageOptionality and Cardinality (the latter is for Element only).

If no optionality specified, then the element is “OPTIONAL”.

If no cardinality specified, the element MUST be used once and only once”

DefinitionDefinition of the element / type.

CommentsAdditional comments or examples to add clarity.

ConstraintsLimits imposed on the element. Also notes the container or “parent” to which the element belongs.

Valid Values / ExamplesA list of values that apply to this particular element, or examples which apply in order to clarify the definition. Where valid values are specified for ValueListURN/Value type pairs, these values are suggested as defaults, allowing implementations to use their own value list, or insert their own value by extending the defaults.

Sub-elements – List of references to elements that are part of this element

Used InSource of the requirement or usage of the element.

Requirements SupportedA code representing and referring to each requirement contained in the original submission from the practitioner process to OASIS. EACH general, functional or information requirement is accounted for by one or more elements in the data dictionary, and/or by relationships in the message structure, one or more business rules, or through the overall standard (e.g. for general and functional requirements). Key:

gReq# - “General” requirement number.

fReq# - “Functional” requirement number.

iReq# - “Information” requirement number.



Namespace prefixes: we use the following prefixes for namespace scoping of elements and types

xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

predefined types in XMLSchema space

ct = "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:ct:1.0"

common types in EDXL space

ext = "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:extension:1.0"

extension mechanism for EDXL Standards

xal = "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:ciq:1.0:xal"

elements / types in EDXL-CIQ-xAL (extensible Address Language) space

tep = "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:EDXL:TEP:1.0"

elements / types in EDXL-TEP space

tep-ct = "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:EDXL:TEP:Defaults:1.0"

common types in EDXL-TEP space



For an explanation of examples for ValueListType and ValueKeyType, see sections 3.2.2 and 3.2.3.

Naming convention: in order to mark a clear distinction between elements and types, names of elements shall not contain the string “Type” and shall be formatted in camel-type (lower case leading alpha character); types are to be terminated by the string “Type” and shall be formatted in Pascal-type (upper case leading alpha character). Acronyms that are part of a type/element identifier should preserve their all upper case format.

4.1 “Routing Header” Elements


The following list of elements / information requirements are addressed through the OASIS EDXL-Distribution Element (DE) routing header (See Section 3.4 of this document for an explanation of each), which is used for routing and distribution of Emergency Patient information as well as other EDXL and non-EDXL payloads. The EDXL-TEP standard is designed as a payload requiring use of a routing header, and specifically designed for use with the EDXL-Distribution Element (DE). The EDXL-DE is the required routing/distribution header for EDXL-TEP unless an alternative routing header is available which meets all requirements of the EDXL-TEP standard as specified in this section, and includes each element required of the EDXL-DE standard.


EDXL-TEP Requirement

EDXL-DE Element(s)

MessageType

DistributionKind

MessageSender

SenderID and SenderRole

SentDateTime

DateTimeSent

Signature

OtherContent containers

Attachments

ContentXML and OtherContent containers



4.2 TEP Message



Element

TEPMessage

Type

xsd:complexType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once

Definition

Group of elements used to uniquely identify a TEP message and its source.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

 

Sub-elements

Used In

EDXL-TEP

Requirements Supported

 



Element

messageID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Each TEP message contains an identifier that uniquely identifies the message

Comments

    1. The EDXL Distribution Element contains the "Distribution ID", which identifies the "container" for the distribution message information.

    2. EDXL-RM and EDXL-SitRep also contain a messageID element for the same purpose.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

 

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage

Requirements Supported

 



Element

systemID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once and only once [0..1]

Definition

A unique system id, or login credentials of person entering TEP data, used to identify source of the information

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

 

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage

Requirements Supported

 



Element

patient

Type

tep:PatientType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Group of elements used to uniquely describe the patient.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

 

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage

Requirements Supported

 


4.3 Patient



ElementType

PatientType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements associated with the person that has been encountered and determined or suspected to be a patient. Used to uniquely identify and describe the person.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

 



Element

patientID

Type

tep:PatientIDType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used at least once [1..*]

Definition

Used to uniquely identify the patient.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

 

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

 



Element

gender

Type

tep:genderDefaultValues

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The patient gender

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Male, Female, …

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



ElementType

GenderDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for patient gender

Comments

 

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

Male, Female, Unknown, ExtensionValue

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.gender

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

patientAge

Type

tep:PatientAgeType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once, and only once [1..1]

Definition

Pairs age, whether or not the age has been estimated, and the age units used.

Comments

Complex Type top level "PatientAgeType" contains age, estimated, and age units.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

 

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

raceEthnicity

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient race/ethnicity as defined by the OMB (US Office of Management and Budget)

Comments

 

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

valueListURI = urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:ethnicity_en

Valid for value: White, African American, Asian, Hispanic/Latino.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

 



Element

dateOfBirth

Type

xsd:date

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient's date of birth

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    2001-10-26”

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

personalID

Type

ct:PersonDetailsType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used only once [0..*]

Definition

Includes identifying information like name, addresses, contact numbers, email addresses, and personal identifiers.

Comments

ID Number and type of personal ID (e.g. StateIssuing Drivers License) is captured in personal identifiers (PersonDetailsType.Identifiers)

TEP may carry multiple forms of identification.

This element may also be used in a ContentObject in the DE to uniquely identify attachments and other information such as a photograph. Where possible, an existing vetted list should be offered as defaults, but allow users to extend values on that list, or to use their own value list

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

hairColor

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient hair color

Comments

Source: NIEM

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Blonde, Black.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11





Element

eyeColor

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient eye color

Comments

Source: NIEM

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Blue, Brown, Green.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

distinguishingMarks

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

Distinguishing marks on the patient

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples: Birthmark, tattoo, scars.

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

fluentSpokenLanguages

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

One or more languages fluently spoken by the patient

Comments

NOTE: Recommend use of the UN list (used in CAP, SitRep or the DE). Format XX-XX

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    valueListURI = urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:languages_en

    value: English, Spanish, ...

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

specialTransportationNeeds

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

A notation of patient transportation needs based on patient condition or other special needs, to assure safe transport.

Comments

Source: AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys.

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    ValueListURI = urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:specialTransportationNeeds

    value: Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support, Bariatric, Stretcher Need, Stokes Basket.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

specialMedicalNeeds

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

A notation of special medical needs or advanced directives patients may have, such as a DNR to assure that patients with these needs reach a location equipped to meet them.

Comments

Source: AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    ValueListURI = urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:specialMedicalNeeds

    value: ventilator, oxygen, dialysis, Do Not Resuscitate Order.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

medicationAllergies

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient’s medication allergies.

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

currentMedication

Type

tep:MedicationType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

The medications the patient currently takes.

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

familyUnificationCode

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

A unique code that is assigned and tracked to individuals believed to be part of the same family unit, designed to link family members to each other. Purpose is to assist family reunification.

Comments

Source: AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

barriersToPatientCare

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

A notation of special communication needs to help arrange for translator services or services for hearing or vision impaired persons.

Comments

Source: NEMSIS / HL7, AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys.

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    valueListURI = urn:myagency:gov:ahrq:specialMedicalNeeds

    value: Translator, Hearing Impaired, Vision Impaired.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

evacuationDestinationRequired

Type

tep:PatientEvacuationDestinationRequiredDefaultValues

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

A patient status used in hospital, nursing home or other evacuations, to indicate current care requirement, to ensure transfer to an appropriate receiving facility with the same or similar care environment or capability

Comments

Source: AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



ElementType

patientEvacuationDestinationRequiredDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for patient evacuation status

Comments

The default values offer a vetted list

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

ICU, Floor, DischargeReady,

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.evacuationDestinationRequired

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

patientContactInformation

Type

ct:PersonDetailsType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

A patient's contact information.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

closestRelativeGuardianContactInformation

Type

ct:PersonDetailsType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

A patient's closest relative, guardian, emergency contact, or attendant’s contact information.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

specialClassification

Type

tep:SpecialClassificationDefaultValues

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

Could contain NDMS, specialSecurityNeeds, others..

Comments

Source: AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Example for value: securitySupervisionNeeds: Indication that a patient may require special security for their own protection or that of others, such as prisoners, psychiatric patients, domestic abuse victims.

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



ElementType

SpecialClassificationDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for patient special classification

Comments

The default values offer a vetted list

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

SecuritySupervisionNeeds, NDMSPatient

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.specialClassification

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

situation

Type

tep:SituationType

Usage

REQUIRED; Must be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Group of elements used to describe the incident associated with the patient

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



Element

healthCareProvider

Type

tep:HealthCareProviderType

Usage

REQUIRED; Must be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Group of elements used for identifying and describing a certified care provider (typically Emergency Medical Services personnel).

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

patientEncounter

Type

tep:PatientEncounterType

Usage

REQUIRED; Must be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Group of elements used to describe an instance of an encounter between a patient and an EMS Care Provider.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 12



4.4 Situation (Incident)



ElementType

SituationType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements used to describe the incident associated with the patient

Comments

This element is always paired with incidentID and incidentType whether one or multiple instances of the pairing are used.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



Element

incidentID

Type

tep:IncidentIDType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used at least once [1..*]

Definition

Identifies (by name, number or other identifier and type) the incident associated with the patient, to which the current TEP message refers.

Comments

Different agencies or jurisdictions may use different IDs for the incident. TEP may carry more than one.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



ElementType

IncidentIDType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Groups the name, ID and incident type (kind).

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



Element

name

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The name assigned to the incident (often by the Incident Commander or Agency).

Comments

Different agencies or jurisdictions may use different names for the incident. TEP may carry one or more.

Constraints

This element is always paired with incidentID.ID, incidentID.kind, and incidentID.source whether one or multiple instances of the pairing are used.

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation.incidentID

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



Element

ID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

A number or other identifier of the incident that has been assigned by an authorized agency based on current guidance.

Comments

The ID may vary by jurisdiction and profession (e.g. law enforcement vs. Fire). It may be a computer aided dispatch number, an accounting number, a disaster declaration number, or a combination of the state, unit/agency, and dispatch system number.

Constraints

This element is always paired with incidentID.name, incidentID.kind, and incidentID.source whether one or multiple instances of the pairing are used.

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation.incidentID

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



Element

kind

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

General definition, category or kind of the incident.

Comments

 

Constraints

This element is always paired with incidentID.name, incidentID.ID, and incidentID.kind whether one or multiple instances of the pairing are used.

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Example for value: CBRNE ( Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Explosives),Natural Disaster, Day to Day, etc.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation.incidentID

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8; fReq# 6



Element

source

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The agency or organization that assigned the incident ID

Comments

Different agencies or jurisdictions may use different names for the incident.

Constraints

This element is always paired with incidentID.name, incidentID.ID, and incidentID.kind whether one or multiple instances of the pairing are used.

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation.incidentID

Requirements Supported

 



Element

incidentLocation

Type

ct:EDXLLocationType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The physical location of the incident.

Comments

Captures location information in a variety of forms including geopolitical (e.g. addresses) and geospatial (e.g. lat/long).

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation

Requirements Supported

 



Element

incidentStartDateTime

Type

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The Date and Time the Incident started or was first observed.

Comments

  1. The date and time is represented in [dateTime] format (e. g., "2002-05-24T16:49:00-07:00" for 24 May 2002 at 16: 49 PDT).

  2. Alphabetic timezone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The timezone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00. May come from formal declaration, day to day CAD system etc.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



Element

relatedIncidentID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

Identifier for a large scale incident (e.g. a Hurricane) which the current patient / Care Provider / Incident is associated with in some way.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.situation

Requirements Supported

iReq# 1, 8



4.5 HealthCareProvider



ElementType

HealthCareProviderType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements used for identifying and describing a certified care provider (typically Emergency Medical Services personnel)

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

providerNumber

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The state assigned provider number of the responding agency or hospital

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

providerName

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The formal name of the agency or hospital associated with the care provider.

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

providerJurisdiction

Type

xal:AddressType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The geographic jurisdiction (state, province, etc.) in which the Agency or Hospital associated with the care provider provides services

Comments

Country and AdministrativeArea are the only two Required elements of AddressType (inherited from CIQ) for use in TEP. Defaults to U.S. States.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Valid Values: e.g. States such as AL, AK, AZ, etc., Province Name, or other applicable jurisdictions

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

providerCountry

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

 

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

 



Element

providerKind

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The type of service provided by the care provider agency

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Valid for value: ED, EMS, Hospital, Intermediate Care Facility

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

providerDomainName

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

An agency or hospital identifier based on domain naming convention.

Comments

Next Generation 911 practitioners have indicated that a networking domain-type naming convention is in the process of being implemented for the purpose of identifying emergency responders.

Source: NENA-Next Generation 911

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    fd.pittsburgh.pa.us

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

personnelIDNumber

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

State or local Agency / Hospital ID number for the EMS-Care Provider

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

personnelJurisdiction

Type

xal:AddressType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

EMS-Care Provider's jurisdiction of certification or credentialing (state, province, etc.)

Comments

Country and AdministrativeArea are the only two Required elements of AddressType (inherited from CIQ) for use in this element.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    AL, AK, AZ, etc.

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9

 



Element

personnelCertificationLevel

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The medical certification level of the responding care provider

Comments

 

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Valid for value: EMT, Nurse, Doctor

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 9



Element

transport

Type

tep:TransportType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

Group of elements used for identifying and describing a conveyance (vehicle) used to transport a patient

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider

Requirements Supported

iReq# 10



4.6 Transport



ElementType

TransportType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements used for identifying and describing a conveyance (vehicle) used to transport a patient

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider.transport

Requirements Supported

iReq# 10



Element

unitNumber

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

CONDITIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The EMS/Responder vehicle unit number of the vehicle used for patient conveyance.

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

CONDITIONAL (If "providerKind" is EMS, then "unitNumber" is REQUIRED)

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider.transport

Requirements Supported

iReq# 10



Element

vehicleKind

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

Vehicle type of responding unit or vehicle of patient conveyance

Comments

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Ambulance, fire truck, bus, helicopter etc.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider.transport

Requirements Supported

iReq# 10



Element

vehicleProvider

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

 

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider.transport

Requirements Supported

iReq# 10



Element

vehicleJurisdiction

Type

xal:AddressType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The Jurisdiction (e.g. state, province) in which the vehicle unitNumber is registered

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    AL, AK, AZ, etc.

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.healthCareProvider.transport

Requirements Supported

iReq# 10



4.7 Patient Encounter



ElementType

PatientEncounterType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements used to describe an instance of an encounter between a patient and an EMS Care Provider

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 12



Element

encounterID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

A unique ID identifying an instance of the first or initial encounter between a patient and an EMS Care Provider

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 12



Element

encounterDateTime

Type

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Date and Time of patient-EMS-Care Provider initial encounter

Comments

(1) The date and time is represented in [dateTime] format (e. g., "2002-05-24T16:49:00-

07:00" for 24 May 2002 at 16: 49 PDT).

(2) Alphabetic timezone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The timezone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 12



Element

locationCategory

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The type of location where EMS-Care Providers encounter the patient

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Emergency Department, Scene, Intermediate Care, etc.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 12



Element

encounterLocation

Type

ct:EDXLLocationType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The physical location of the instance of an encounter between a patient and an EMS Care Provider. Capability is required to express and capture location information in a variety of forms including geopolitical (e.g. addresses) and geospatial (e.g. lat/long).

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 12



Element

patientCare

Type

tep:PatientCareType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used at least once [1..*]

Definition

Group of elements used to describe Care Provider observations, evaluations, electronic measures and actual treatments and procedures taken for or performed on the patient at a particular point in time.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

patientTransfer

Type

tep:PatientTransferType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

Group of elements used to describe and track physical movement or transport of a patient.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter

Requirements Supported

iReq# 13



4.8 Patient Care



ElementType

PatientCareType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements used to describe Care Provider observations, evaluations, electronic measures and actual treatments and procedures taken for or performed on the patient at a particular point in time.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

patientCareRecordID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

A unique ID identifying a patient’s care record.

Comments

 

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

patientCareRecordDateTime

Type

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The date and time that any observations, evaluations, electronic measures and actual treatments and procedures were recorded. Also used to uniquely identify the care record, providing the date/time for that set of care attributes.

Comments

  1. For example, this is the dateTime associated with the chief complaint given, and each vital sign taken (heart rate, temperature, blood temperature etc.).

  2. The date and time is represented in [dateTime] format (e. g., "2002-05-24T 16:49:00-07:00" for 24 May 2002 at 16: 49 PDT).

  3. Alphabetic timezone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The timezone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

triageStatus

Type

tep:TriageStatusDefaultValues

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

Triage color for individuals assessed by medical personnel prior to being transported. Triage Status sets priorities for treatment

Comments

Source: AHRQ Natl Patient / Evacuee Track Sys

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



ElementType

TriageStatusDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for triage status

Comments

The default values offer a vetted list, but allow communities to add extensions

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, Unknown, ExtensionValue

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.triageStatus

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

patientCurrentDisposition

Type

tep:PatientCurrentDispositionDefaultValues

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The state, status or outcome of a patient at the end of emergency care (i.e. at the point of patient admission, transfer, release, death…)

Comments

  1. Note that disposition applies at EACH transfer point / encounter, NOT just at the end of the emergency care continuum.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



ElementType

PatientCurrentDispositionDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for patient disposition

Comments

The default values offer a vetted list, but allow communities to add extensions

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

Discharged, Transferred, Deceased, NoTreatmentRequired, RefusedCare, TreatedAndReleased, TreatedAndTransferredCare, TreatedAndTransported, Admitted, TreatedAndTransportedToHospital, Pending-Ongoing, Unknown, ExtensionValue

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.patientCurrentDisposition

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

chiefComplaint

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The statement of the problem verbalized by the patient or the care provider in one or two words

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

systolicBloodPressure

Type

xsd:integer

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient systolic blood pressure

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

Restricted to values 0-300

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

diastolicBloodPressure

Type

xsd:integer

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient diastolic blood pressure

Comments

Constraints

Restricted to values 0-300

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

pulseRate

Type

xsd:integer

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but[ only once 0..1]

Definition

The patient pulse rate, palpated or auscultated, expressed as a number per minute.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

Restricted to values 0-320

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

respiratoryRate

Type

xsd:integer

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient respiratory rate expressed as a number per minute.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

Restricted to values 0-100

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

cardiacMonitorRhythm

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

Documentation of a patient's cardiac rhythm.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Ventricular Fibrillation, Normal Sinus Rhythm, etc.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

twelveLeadECGInterpretation

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The interpretation of the patient's heart rhythm by the ECG device.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

pulseOximetry

Type

ct:PercentageType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient oxygen saturation.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

CO2Level

Type

xsd:unsignedInt

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient’s end-tidal or other CO2 level.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

bloodGlucoseLevel

Type

xsd:integer

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient blood glucose level.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

Restricted to values 0-500

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

temperature

Type

ct:DegreesCType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient body temperature in degrees Celsius/centigrade.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

totalGCS

Type

xsd:integer

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The patient total Glasgow Coma Score (GCS). The GCS is a neurological scale that provides a consistent and objective method of assessing the conscious state of a person. The total score is the sum of the scores in three categories: eye opening response, verbal response, and motor response.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

Restricted to values 3-15

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

medicationAdministered

Type

tep:MedicationType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used more than once [0..*]

Definition

    The medication given to the patient.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

proceduresPerformed

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

The procedure(s) performed on the patient.

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: IV, CPR, Endotracheal Tube

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

careProviderPrimaryImpression

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once, but only once [0..1]

Definition

The care provider personnel’s impression of the patient primary problem or most significant condition which led to the management given to the patient (treatments, medications, or procedures).

Comments

    Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

[Allow multiple selections]

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Cardiac Arrest, Stroke, etc.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

seriousConcerns

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

Free form text field to communicate basic warning factors to Care Providers such as respiratory issues, tourniquet, fracture etc.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

contaminationRadiationContagionStatus

Type

xsd:boolean

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

A notation that an exposed patient needs to be segregated, quarantined, or decontaminated, to avoid putting others at risk.

Comments

      “true” - Patient may be contaminated/exposed.

    “false” - Patient has not been contaminated/exposed.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Valid values: True, False, Unknown

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

acsCDCFieldTraumaCriteria

Type

xsd:boolean

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

A set of criteria pertaining to the decision by pre-hospital personnel to transport trauma victims, to a specialized acute care facility (trauma center), versus an undesignated, non-specialized acute care facility.

The goal of the decision scheme is to match the clinical needs of an injured patient to the resources and expertise of a given facility to care for them.

Comments

      “true” - Transport to trauma center

“false” - Transport according to protocol

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Valid values: True, False

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

contingencyMedicalSpecialtyCode

Type

tep:ContingencyMedicalSpecialtyCodeDefaultValues

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used multiple times [0..*]

Definition

A code utilized across jurisdictions which assists patient recipient with determination of the bed or bed type needed to support that patient at destination.

Comments

    As Hospital evacuation is part of TEP scope (movement and transport of medical evacuees/patients), in addition to states requesting federal assistance when local and state resources become overwhelmed, often DoD transport is requested, for example for air transport to other states. In this case the element "triageStatus" is not relevant as neither the hospitals use the "red", "yellow", etc. designations for patients in hospitals; nor DoD use or understand those designations. The “Contingency Medical Specialty Code” is an existing element that is utilized and understood across jurisdictions today.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare

Requirements Supported

 



ElementType

ContingencyMedicalSpecialtyCodeDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for contingency medical specialty codes

Comments

The default values offer a vetted list

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

Pediatric, Burn, Psychiatric, MedicalSurge, CriticalCare

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.contingencyMedicalSpecialtyCode

Requirements Supported

 



4.9 Patient Transfer



ElementType

PatientTransferType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Group of elements used to describe and track physical movement or transport of a patient.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter.patientTransfer

Requirements Supported

iReq# 13



Element

destinationETA

Type

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

Usage

OPTIONAL MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

Estimated time of arrival at intended destination

Comments

    (1) The date and time is represented in [dateTime] format (e. g., "2002-05-24 T

    16:49:00-07:00" for 24 May 2002 at 16: 49 PDT).

    (2) Alphabetic timezone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The timezone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter.patientTransfer

Requirements Supported

iReq# 13



Element

destination

Type

ct:EDXLLocationType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

The physical location that the patient is being transferred to. Capability is required to express and capture location information in a variety of forms including geopolitical (e.g. addresses) and geospatial (e.g. lat/long).

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter.patientTransfer

Requirements Supported

iReq# 13



Element

actualArrivalDateTime

Type

ct:EDXLDateTimeType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The date/time the patient actually arrived at the destination. Business Rule: At this step, would no longer have a destination (it would be wiped out at this point because the patient transfer is completed until the next transfer / destination is defined)

Comments

  1. The date and time is represented in [dateTime] format (e. g., "2002-05-24 T

    16:49:00-07:00" for 24 May 2002 at 16: 49 PDT).

  2. Alphabetic timezone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The timezone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter.patientTransfer

Requirements Supported

iReq# 13



Element

actualDepartureDateTime

Type

ct:EDXLdateTimeType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

The date/time the patient departed from the current location

Comments

  1. The date and time is represented in [dateTime] format (e. g., "2002-05-24 T 16:49:00-07:00" for 24 May 2002 at 16: 49 PDT).

  2. Alphabetic timezone designators such as “Z” MUST NOT be used. The timezone for UTC MUST be represented as “-00:00” or “+00:00.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientEncounter.patientTransfer

Requirements Supported

iReq# 13



4.10 Patient ID



ElementType

PatientIDType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

Describes Type and form of personal Identification

Comments

    Pairs ID and ID source to uniquely identified patient.

    ID Number and State Issuing Drivers License is captured in PersonDetailsType – TEP may carry multiple forms of identification. This element may also be used in a <contentObject> in the DE to uniquely identify attachments and other information such as a photograph.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 5, 11



Element

ID

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

    A number or code issued to each patient encountered; used as a unique identifier of the patient. Always paired with source.

Comments

    This element is always paired with patientID.source whether one or multiple instances of the pair are used.

    The patientID.ID element may also be used in a ContentObject in the DE to uniquely identify attachments and other information such as a photograph.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientID

Requirements Supported

iReq# 5, 11




Element

source

Type

ct:ValueListType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

    A notation identifying the source of the patient's ID, to describe the source (who, what or where) that created the ID.

Comments

    This element is always paired with patientID.ID whether one or multiple instances of the pair are used.

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: State of Maryland, JPTAS System, Hampshire County, WV, State of TN, NDMS etc.

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientID

Requirements Supported

iReq# 5, 11



4.11 Patient Age



ElementType

PatientAgeType

Type

xsd:complexType

Definition

    Pairs age, whether or not the age has been estimated, and the age units used.

  • The patient age, either calculated from date of birth or best approximation is appropriate in situations where it is not possible to ascertain exact age.

  • estimated: valid values Y, N

  • List of unitsDefaultValues: Default age units

Comments

    Complex Type top level "clientAge" contains age, estimated, and ageUnits.

Regarding units/unitsDefault: unitsDefault is a default units list that should be used if possible. If a different list needs to be used or the default list needs to be extended, units should be used.

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

age

Type

xsd:unsignedInt

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

    The patient age.

Comments

    The patient age, either calculated from date of birth or best approximation is appropriate in situations where it is not possible to ascertain exact age.

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientAge

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

estimated

Type

ct:EstimateType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

    Determines whether age is an estimate or not.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientAge

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



Element

units

Type

tep:AgeUnitsDefaultValues

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

    Determines the units in which the age is documented

Comments

    This is a custom list of age units that should be used only when necessary.

Source: NEMSIS v2.2.1

Constraints

Alternative to unitsDefault

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientAge

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



ElementType

AgeUnitsDefaultValues

Type

xsd:enumeration

Definition

Defaults for patient age units

Comments

The default values offer a vetted list, but allow communities to add extensions

Constraints

ct:EDXLStringType

Valid Values / Examples

Hours, Days, Months, Years, ExtensionValue

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.patientAge.units

Requirements Supported

iReq# 11



4.12 Medication



ElemenType

MedicationType

Type

xsd:complexType

Usage

 

Definition

Group of elements used to describe medication and medication usage.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.currentMedication;

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.medicationAdministered

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

name

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

REQUIRED; MUST be used once and only once [1..1]

Definition

    The name of the medication being described.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Examples for value: Metformin, Simvastatin

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.currentMedication;

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.medicationAdministered

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

dosage

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

    The dosage of the medication.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    2 tablets

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.currentMedication;

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.medicationAdministered

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

route

Type

ct:ValueKeyType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

    How the medication should be administered.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    Oral, IV

Sub-elements

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.currentMedication;

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.medicationAdministered

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



Element

frequency

Type

ct:EDXLStringType

Usage

OPTIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

Definition

    The frequency with which the medication should be administered.

Comments

Constraints

 

Valid Values / Examples

    every 24 hours.

Sub-elements

 

Used In

TEPMessage.patient.currentMedication;

TEPMessage.patient.patientCare.medicationAdministered

Requirements Supported

iReq# 14



4.13 Glossary / List of Acronyms

NOTE: Glossary definitions contained herein are not intended to supersede existing definitions by any other organization or agency. Rather, these glossary items are provided in context of defining the EDXL-TEP draft messaging standard - solely in order to clarify requirements statements.



TERM OR ACRONYM DEFINITION

Ack Acknowledgment

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

APOE Arial Point of Embarkation

ASPR HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

CAD Computer Aided Dispatch

CAP Common Alerting Protocol

CDC Center For Disease Control

CID Control and Interoperability Division

CIQ Customer Information Quality (a “contact information” standard)

Constraint Schema A constraint schema is simply a subset of the standard reference schema which conforms to all the requirements and business rules of the reference schema. For example, an implementation of the TEP standard may eliminate selected optional elements, or enhance the definition of a required element.

DE Distribution Element

DHS Department of Homeland Security

EDXL Emergency Data eXchange Language

EDXL-DE Emergency Data eXchange Language - Distribution Element

EDXL-HAVE Emergency Data eXchange Language - Hospital aVailability Exchange

EDXL-RM Emergency Data eXchange Language - Resource Messaging

EIC Emergency Interoperability Consortium

Element “Elements” are logical groupings of message elements or “tags” for purposes of defining message structure

ElementType Type description of “element”

EMT Emergency Medical Technician

ER-EHR Emergency Responder Emergency Health Record

ERM Element Reference Model

EMS Emergency Medical Services

ESF Emergency Support Functions

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

Event For purposes of this messaging standard, “Situations”, “Incidents” and “Events” will be referred to generally as “incidents”. Situations in this context refer to occurrences of various scales - a collection of happenings, observations and actions that have been correlated on some basis that may require resources to perform Public Safety/Emergency/Disaster mitigation, planning and preparation, response or recovery.

It is a generic term referring to occurrences of any scale that may require some form of Emergency Response and Management, and that requires tracking and information exchange. An Event is a planned situation (e.g. a parade in Washington DC). “Event” is also used to refer to a situation that has not been formally identified as an incident. Like an incident, may be assigned an official ID, name or other descriptive attributes. EDXL-TEP may refer to any situation whether an incident, event or other occurrence.

HITSP Health Information Technology Standards Panel

HL7 Health Level Seven (“a reference to the seventh layer of the ISO OSI Reference model also known as the application layer.” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Level_7)

HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ID Identification

Incident For purposes of this messaging standard, “Situations”, “Incidents” and “Events” will be referred to generally as “incidents”. Situations in this context refer to occurrences of various scales - a collection of happenings, observations and actions that have been correlated on some basis that may require resources to perform Public Safety/Emergency/Disaster mitigation, planning and preparation, response or recovery.

A Situation can be an incident, an event, or any observable or predictable occurrence. It is a generic term referring to occurrences of any scale that may require some form of Emergency Response and Management, and that requires tracking and information exchange.

“Incident” is viewed from the NIMS Emergency Management perspective as a formal or informal declaration of emergency or disaster by an organization at the state, local, federal level or by a jurisdiction. An incident may be assigned an official ID, name or other descriptive attributes. EDXL-TEP may refer to any situation whether an incident, event or other situation or occurrence.

JPATS Joint Patient Assessment and Tracking System

Jurisdiction In context of emergency response to incidents, “jurisdiction” has two similar definitions:

1. Reference to a geo-political area or location. A jurisdiction is pre-defined physical location or area over which legal authority extends. Though a jurisdiction itself is not a person, role, or title, a jurisdiction has assigned to it one or more government personnel with legal authority for certain types of decision-making such as allocation of emergency resources and invocation of mutual aid agreements.

2. Reference to an organization or agency that has “Authority” over something (such as an incident, or a set of identified resources). Jurisdiction in this sense may be general, such as “federal”, “city”, or “state”, or may be specific agency names such as “Warren County”, “US Coast Guard”, “Panama City”, and “NYPD”.

NASEMSO National Association of State EMS Officials

NDMS National Disaster Medical System

NEMSIS National EMS Information System

NIMS National Information Management System

NLE National Level Exercise

OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OIC Office for Interoperability and Compatibility

POC Point of Contact

PRA Patient Reception Area

Profile (Taken from the OGC)

(Note: Considerable confusion exists in discussion and definition of the concept of a “profile”. The following definition was submitted by the OGC; however reference within this document more closely conforms to the term “constraint schema”.)

A profile of GML can be defined to enhance interoperability and to curtail ambiguity by allowing only a specific subset of GML. Application schemas can then conform to such a profile in order to take advantage of any interoperability or performance advantages that it offers in comparison with a complete GML. Such profiles can be defined for application schemas that are included in other OGC specifications. There are cases where reduced functionality is acceptable, or where processing requirements compel use of a logical subset of GML. For example, applications that do not need to handle XLink attributes in any form can adhere to a specific profile that excludes them; the constraint in this case would be to not use links. Other cases might include defining constraints on the level of nesting allowed inside tags (i.e. tree depth), or only allowing features with homogeneous properties as members of a feature collection. In many cases, such constraints can be enforced via new schemas; others may be enforced through procedural agreements within an information community.

PSG Practitioner Steering Group

RM Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM)

S&T Science and Technology Directorate of DHS

SAFECOM SAFECOM is a communications program within the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) that provides research, development, testing and evaluation, guidance, tools and templates on communications-related issues to local, tribal, state, and Federal emergency response agencies working to improve emergency response through more effective and efficient interoperable wireless communications.

SitRep Situation Report

Situation For purposes of this messaging standard, “Situations”, “Incidents” and “Events” will be referred to generally as “incidents”. Situations in this context refer to occurrences of various scales - a collection of happenings, observations and actions that have been correlated on some basis that may require resources to perform Public Safety/Emergency/Disaster mitigation, planning and preparation, response or recovery.

A Situation can be an incident, an event, or any observable or predictable occurrence. It is a generic term referring to occurrences of any scale that may require some form of Emergency Response and Management, and that requires tracking and information exchange.

SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol

TEP Tracking Emergency Patients

SWG Standards Working Group

URN Uniform Resource Name

URI Uniform Resource Identifier

UTC Coordinated Universal Time

XML eXtensible Markup Language

5 Conformance

An XML 1.0 element is a conforming EDXL-TEP-v1.0 Message if and only if:

a) it meets the general requirements specified in Section 4;

b) if its namespace name is "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:tep:1.0", and the element is valid according to the schema located at http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-tep-v1.0/edxl-tep-v1.0.xsd

c) if its namespace name is "urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:tep:1.0", then its content (which includes the content of each of its descendants) meets all the additional mandatory requirements provided in the specific subsection of Section 4 corresponding to the element’s name.

Note: only messages that fully comply with the EDXL-TEP specification and that are complete and schematically valid, may be referred to as a “TEP Message.”.

    Appendix A Acknowledgments

The following individuals have participated in the creation of this specification and are gratefully acknowledged:

Participants:



Patti Aymond, IEM

Rex Brooks, NCOIC

Lizzie DeYoung, The MITRE Corporation

Tim Grapes, Individual

Werner Joerg, IEM

Elysa Jones, Individual

Donald McGarry, The MITRE Corporation

Camille Osterloh, Individual

Robert Torchon, Individual

Jeff Waters, DoD

Brian Wilkins, The MITRE Corporation


    Appendix B XML Schema for EDXL-TEP


The EDXL-TEP-v1.0 XML Schema is provided here for convenience. The schema can be downloaded at the OASIS website:


http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-tep/edxl-tep-v1.0.xsd


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    Appendix C XML Schema for EDXL-Extensions

The EDXL-TEP-v1.0 XML Schema imports a separate schema for Extensions

http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/edxl-ext/v1.0.xsd

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<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ext="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:extension:1.0" xmlns:ct="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:ct:1.0" targetNamespace="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:extension:1.0" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">

<xs:import namespace="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:edxl:ct:1.0" schemaLocation="./edxl-ct-v1.0-wd05.xsd"/>

<xs:complexType name="ExtensionType">

<xs:annotation>

<xs:documentation>

Base type to allow communities to extend/augment an EDXL data standard </xs:documentation>

</xs:annotation>

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="community" type="xs:anyURI">

<xs:annotation>

<xs:documentation>Unique identifier of the community</xs:documentation>

</xs:annotation>

</xs:element>

<xs:element name="id" type="xs:anyURI">

<xs:annotation>

<xs:documentation>Unique identifier for this extension</xs:documentation>

</xs:annotation>

</xs:element>

<xs:element name="parameter" type="ext:ParameterType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

<xs:complexType name="ParameterType">

<xs:annotation>

<xs:documentation>Group of elements used to extend/augment an EDXL data standard </xs:documentation>

</xs:annotation>

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="nameURI" type="ext:ParameterNameType">

<xs:annotation>

<xs:documentation>Unique identifier of a parameter</xs:documentation>

</xs:annotation>

</xs:element>

<xs:element name="value" type="ext:ParameterValueType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

<xs:complexType name="ParameterNameType">

<xs:simpleContent>

<xs:extension base="xs:anyURI">

<xs:attribute name="xPath" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>

</xs:extension>

</xs:simpleContent>

</xs:complexType>

<xs:complexType name="ParameterValueType">

<xs:simpleContent>

<xs:extension base="ct:EDXLStringType">

<xs:attribute name="uom" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>

</xs:extension>

</xs:simpleContent>

</xs:complexType>

</xs:schema>

    Appendix D Revision History


Revision

Date

Editor

Changes Made

edxl-tep-v1.0-wd03

01/11/13

Werner Joerg

Working towards a first full Working Draft

edxl-tep-v1.0-wd04

04/01/13

Werner Joerg

Included EDXL-extension and adapted setup for defaults

edxl-tep-v1.0-wd04

04/22/13

Werner Joerg

Changed layout of Extension section with examples

edxl-tep-v1.0-wd04

05/02/13

Werner Joerg

More examples for Extension




edxl-tep-v1.0-csprd02 08 October 2013

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