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 work, there is a Core download (see below) package that includes all the reference and help documents including:
  • Introduction/Backbone
  • Version 3 Guide
  • Refinement and Localization
  • Datatypes Abstract Specification
  • Glossary
  • Reference Information Model
  • Vocabulary Domains document
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
 40 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
 3.7 Meg
Schemas and Examples
This download contains all the Schemas and Examples for all the domains. In order for example and schema button links in the domains to work, this file needs to be downloaded and installed. 		Download
 1.8 Meg
XML Implementable Technology Specification
Comprised of the XML ITS Datatypes and XML ITS Messaging documents 		Download
 750 k
UML Implementable Technology Specification
The UML ITS Datatypes document 		Download
 350 k
Transport Protocol Download
 103 k
Common Domains
This include both the (CMET) Common Message Element Types (COCT) and the Shared Messages (COMT) domains. 		Download
 6.7 Meg
Infrastructure Management
This download contains the Infrastructure Management specification, which is comprised of the Transmission (MCCI), Message Control Act (MCAI), Query (QUQI) and Master File (MFMI) Domains. 		Download
 2.5 Meg
Accounting and Billing (FIAB)
 Download
 430 k
Claims & Reimbursement (FICR)
 Download
 8.7 Meg
Informative Public Health Specifications (PORI)
 Download
 600 k
Laboratory (POLB)
 Download
 2.2 Meg
Medical Records (RCMR)
 Download
 570 k
Patient Administration (PRPA)
 Download
 4.2 Meg
Patient Care (REPC)
 Download
 2.1 Meg
Personnel Management (PRPM)
 Download
 850 k
Pharmacy (PORX)
 Download
 1.9 Meg
Public Health Reporting (PORR)
 Download
 1.5 Meg
Regulated Studies (PORT)
 Download
 1.4 Meg
Scheduling (PRSC)
 Download
 390 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 packages 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 mintues.

The Core files download provides all the Foundation Documents for the ballot (except the XML ITS Specification, UML ITS Datatypes Specification and Transport Protocols) 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 140 Megabytes, Core extracts to about 12 Meg and Schemas and Examples to about 35 Meg.

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. Each downloadable package .zip file contains a self-extracting executable application.

Extract the file from the .zip to a place on your local hard drive. Once extracted, you can double-click on the file and follow the instructions for installation. Once running, the executable file will automatically create the directory structures needed to ensure that the hyperlinks work correctly.

The application that will ask you for a directory where the files should be installed. The default directory to which various ballot packages will install is "C:\HL7V3BALLOT5". It is recommended you use the default directory.

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.