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Table 4 Description of the patient element

From: XML-BSPM: an XML format for storing Body Surface Potential Map recordings

Attributes

   

Name

Required

Data type

Description

id

Required

String

This is used to uniquely identify a patient, e.g. 0000001.

Elements

   

Name

Required

Data type

Description

fullName

Optional

String

Name of the patient, e.g. John Smith.

sex

Optional

male/female/unspecified/unknown

E.g. male.

DOB

Optional

Date YYYY-MM-DD

E.g. 1984-06-24.

address

Optional

String

E.g. 47 University street

city

Optional

String

E.g. Belfast

state

Optional

String

E.g. Antrim

country

Optional

String

E.g. Northern Ireland

postalCode(ZipCode)

Optional

String

This element can store either a postcode or a Zipcode, e.g. BT37 0QB.

phone

Optional

String

The data type is string to support commas and hyphens, e.g. 08 700 400 700.

fax

Optional

String

E.g. 08 700 400 700.

email

Optional

String

E.g. johnsmith@myemailhost.com

diagnosis

Optional

String

This element is for storing the patient's diagnosis, as perceived by a clinician, e.g. Acute Myocardial Infarction.

computerisedDiagnosis

Optional

String

This element is used to record the predicted diagnosis made by a computerised classification algorithm, e.g. Left Bundle Branch Block.