HL7 Version 3 Standard Ballot Package Download

Dear Member,

Welcome to the Version 3 Ballot Package Download Page. Here you can download various parts, or even all, of the ballot package web site.

What is in a Download?

The ballot package includes several documents. To facilitate faster downloading, the ballot package has been broken into several smaller downloads. To ensure that most of the hyperlinks within the ballot documents work, there is a Core download (see below) package that includes all the reference and help documents including:

Introduction/Backbone
Version 3 Guide
Refinement, Constraint and Localization
Datatypes Abstract Specification
Glossary
Reference Information Model
Vocabulary Domains document
Supporting Graphics, Javascript and Cascading Stylesheets (for display)

Hyperlinks to documents that you've not downloaded will not work. Thus, all reviewers are encouraged to download the Full Site package or at a minimum the Core download and the appropriate domains.

Need Help?

Advice on Downloads
Advice on Installation

Full Site This download includes all normative, informative and reference/help documents in the V3 Ballot package. Due to the size of this file, the download and install process will be time consuming. We recommend that you download the file via high-speed connection rather than dial-up, and allow plenty of time for the process to complete.	Download	90 Meg
Core Files This download contains all the basic files needed for the majority of the ballot content to work together. This includes the documents listed in the "What is in a Download".	Download	3 Meg
Support Files If you are only concerned with Domain ballot documents and not linking to any of the core material, it is still required that you download the Support Files. This are shared graphics, Javascript and Cascading Style Sheets used for the presentation of most all ballot document (related to V3).	Download	100 k
Structured Product Labeling Structured Product Labelling can be found in the Public Health Reporting Domain (PORR) so if you download that, you will get that ballot material as well. For this cycle, Release 2 and and Implementation Guide for Release 1 are being balloted so for your convenience they are available in this single download. These documents DO NOT require the downloading of any support or core material for the V3 ballot as they do stand on their own at this time. This is the ONLY exception to that rule.	Download	2.5 Meg
Schemas and Examples This download contains all the Schemas and Examples for all the domains. You will be able to view a list of examples and schemas if you only download the core on your local machine but will not be able to interact with them off-line unless you download and install this. On-line, they are fully viewable.	Download	5.5 Meg
XML Implementation Technology Specification Comprised of the XML ITS Datatypes and Structures documents	Download	280 k
UML Implementation Technology Specification The UML ITS Datatypes document	Download	200 k
Transport Specifications Comprised of the Transport Specification documents for ebXML, MLLP and SOAP/WSDL Profiles	Download	700 k
Clinical Document Architecture	Download	1.4 Meg
GELLO: A Common Expression Language	Download	500 k
Common Terminology Services	Download	280 k
Common Domains This include both the (CMET) Common Message Element Types (COCT) and the Shared Messages (COMT) domains.	Download	11 Meg
Infrastructure Management This download contains the Infrastructure Management specification, which is comprised of the Transmission (MCCI), Message Control Act (MCAI) and Query (QUQI) Domains.	Download	3 Meg
Accounting and Billing (FIAB)	Download	1 Meg
Blood Bank (POBB)	Download	2.5 Meg
Care Provision (REPC)	Download	5 Meg
Claims & Reimbursement (FICR)	Download	15 Meg
Clinical Genomics (POCG)	Download	4 Meg
Informative Public Health Specifications (PORI)	Download	700 k
Laboratory (POLB)	Download	2 Meg
Master Files/Registry Infrastructure (MFMI)	Download	2 Meg
Medication (POME)	Download	400 k
Medical Records (RCMR)	Download	700 k
Patient Administration (PRPA)	Download	10 Meg
Personnel Management (PRPM)	Download	5 Meg
Pharmacy (PORX)	Download	200 k
Public Health Reporting (PORR)	Download	8 Meg
Regulated Studies (PORT)	Download	3 Meg
Scheduling (PRSC)	Download	1 Meg
Therapeutic Devices (POTD)	Download	700 k

Advice on Downloads

The V3 Ballot Packages are comprised of several files and documents that hyperlink to one another. To ensure that the hyperlinks work, we recommend that you download the full package. If you decide not to download the entire package, be advised that hyperlinks to documents that you've not downloaded will not work. This package contains hundreds of files, making the process time consuming based on the connection speed you have to the internet. A high speed line will yield about a 20 minute download and slower (56k or less) will take several hours). Once downloaded, the installation only takes about another 5-10 mintues.

The Core files download provides all the Foundation Documents for the ballot (which does not include XML ITS Specification, UML ITS Datatypes Specification) and all the support files needed in order for domain downloads to work.

When downloading any of the available packages, for convenience, you may wish to create a directory for the downloads, although this is not required. Also, be sure to allow for quite a bit of space on your hard drive, especially for the larger packages. The Full packages extracts to about 380 Megabytes.

Advice on Installation

Once any of the packages have been downloaded from the HL7 web site, you must use a .zip decompression program to open the .zip file to retrieve its contents.

When you unzip the files you download, you should create a central "root" directory on your hard drive to which you will then extract the zip file contents. Once established, you should only use that directory for future installations or patches. If you do not, there is always the risk that hyperlinks connecting the documents will not work. We recommend setting up a directory named based on the ballot you are reviewing, in this case "C:\HL7V3BALLOT_2005JAN", for example.

Once completed, find the sub-directory where you installed the files. You will see an HTML directory if that is the version of the package you downloaded. In there is an INDEX.HTM file. This is your launching point to the site.