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:
  • Package Note to Readers
  • Version 3 Guide
  • Refinement, Constraint and Localization
  • Datatypes Abstract Specification
  • Glossary
  • Reference Information Model
  • Vocabulary Domains document
  • HL7 Development Framework
  • Supporting Graphics, Javascript and Cascading Stylesheets (for display)
  • ITS XML and UML, Vocabulary CTS, GELLO, CDA and Infrastructure domains Query and Control Act are being temporarily included in core for this ballot cycle as they are not balloting any material
Hyperlinks in the ballot content 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 materials you find in this Version 3 Ballot site. 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
 125 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
 6 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
 150 k
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
 8 Meg
Transport Specifications
Comprised of the Transport Specification documents for ebXML, MLLP and SOAP/WSDL Profiles and the Abstract Transport Specification 		Download
 600 k
Templates Project
 Download 1.2 Meg
Constraints Project Download
 10 k
Publishing Facilitators Guide Download
 400 k
Substantive Changes Download
 11 k
Common Domains
This include both the (CMET) Common Message Element Types (COCT) and the Shared Messages (COMT) domains. 		Download
 12 Meg
Accounting and Billing (FIAB)
 Download
 1 Meg
Care Provision (REPC)
 Download
 13 Meg
Claims & Reimbursement (FICR)
 Download
 12 Meg
Clinical Genomics (POCG)
 Download
 3 Meg
Clinical Statement Pattern (COCS)
 Download
 1.5 Meg
Laboratory (POLB)
 Download
 3 Meg
Master Files/Registry Infrastructure (MFMI)
 Download
 2 Meg
Medication (POME)
 Download
 2.2 Meg
Medical Records (RCMR)
 Download
 700 k
Patient Administration (PRPA)
 Download
 9 Meg
Personnel Management (PRPM)
 Download
 7 Meg
Pharmacy (PORX)
 Download
 22 Meg
Public Health Reporting (PORR)
 Download
 9 Meg
Regulated Studies (PORT)
 Download
 3 Meg
Scheduling (PRSC)
 Download
 1 Meg
Therapeutic Devices (POTD)
 Download
 2 Meg
Transmission Infrastructure (MCCI)
 Download
 2 Meg


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 (plus a few additional for convenience since not all documents available are being balloted) 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 more than 500 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_2005SEP", 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.