Distribution of immunodeficiency fact files with XML – from Web to WAP

Table 1 The description of high-level concepts in the fact file document model

Element	Description	Content	Content model^a
FactFile	The root element for IDML-based fact file document	Elements	(GeneralInformation, ClinicalInformation, MolecularBiology, Other)
GeneralInformation	Describes the disease in general terms	Elements	(DiseaseName, Abbreviation, AlternativeNames?, Description, Classification?, Omim, CrossReferences?, Incidence?)
ClinicalInformation	The short overview of characteristic clinical features	Elements	(ClinicalDescription?, Diagnosis?, TherapeuticOptions?, ResearchPrograms?)
MolecularBiology	Molecular genetic elements	Elements	(GeneInformation?, AnimalModels?, ProteinInformation?, ExpressionPattern?)
Other	Other related information	Elements	(Publications?, Societies?, OtherSites?)

^a Content model consists of a set of parenthesis enclosing some combination of child element names and operators. The order operators "," (strict sequence) and "|" (choice) indicate how elements may be combined. The operators "?" (optional), "*" (zero or more) and "+" (one or more) are used to denote cardinality indicating how many instances of an element type are permitted?

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