HL7 validation
Validating data that is formatted for HL7 2x or EDI poses several challenges. There are many
required aspects to the syntax and semantic checking, and to report meaningful information based on
flaws in the EDI data requires many checks.
- Is the data enveloped and, optionally, batched correctly?
- Are only the correct loops and segments in the data, and are they in the correct order?
- Within each segment are the fields in the correct order?
- Is the data in the field the correct size?
A recent addition to the HL7 offering is a set of XML schemas that describe the delimited EDI data as if it were XML tagged data. These schemas are available free of charge from HL7 for their members. HL7 member organizations can download these schemas and load them into the Transformation Extender HL7 validation directory structure and leverage them for data validation.
The HL7 2.x EDI format is the Intellectual Property of HL7. You must contact HL7 to use this feature.