Reference Tables: Media type
General information
ID:
CD-MEDIATYPE
STATUS:
Published
VERSION:
1.4
DATE:
2023-11-10
DESCRIPTION:
This is the type of the multimedia attachment.
Context of use: lnk element. Attention: the use of this table is particular. It does not make use of the cd element. Values are instead used for the attribute 'MEDIATYPE' of the lnk element.
ID:
CD-MEDIATYPE
STATUS:
Published
VERSION:
1.4
DATE:
2023-11-10
DESCRIPTION:
This is the type of the multimedia attachment.
Context of use: lnk element. Attention: the use of this table is particular. It does not make use of the cd element. Values are instead used for the attribute 'MEDIATYPE' of the lnk element.
Values
| Code | Meaning (English) | Meaning (French) | Meaning (Dutch) | Meaning (German) | SNOMED-CT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application/msword | MSWORD - This format is very prone to compatibility problems. If sharing of edit-able text is required, text/plain, text/html or text/rtf should be used instead. | ||||
| application/pdf | PDF - The Portable Document Format is recommended for written text that is completely laid out and read-only. PDF is a platform independent, widely deployed, and open specification with freely available creation and rendering tools. | ||||
| audio/basic | Basic Audio - This is a format for single channel audio, encoded using 8bit ISDN mu-law [PCM] at a sample rate of 8000 Hz. This format is standardized by: CCITT, Fascicle III.4 oRecommendation G.711. Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) of Voice Frequencies. Geneva, 1972. | ||||
| audio/k32adpcm | K32ADPCM Audio - ADPCM allows compressing audio data. It is defined in the Internet specification RFC 2421 [ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2421.txt]. Its implementation base is unclear. | ||||
| audio/mp3 | MP3 Audio - MPEG-1 Audio layer-3 is an audio compression algorithm and file format defined in ISO 11172-3 and ISO 13818-3. MP3 has an adjustable sampling frequency for highly compressed telephone to CD quality audio. | ||||
| image/g3fax | G3Fax Image - This is recommended only for fax applications. | ||||
| image/gif | GIF Image - GIF is a popular format that is universally well supported. However GIF is patent encumbered and should therefore be used with caution. | ||||
| image/jpeg | JPEG Image - This format is required for high compression of high color photographs. It is a "lossy" compression, but the difference to lossless compression is almost unnoticeable to the human vision. | ||||
| image/png | PNG Image - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) [http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png] is a widely supported lossless image compression standard with open source code available. | ||||
| image/tiff | TIFF Image - Although TIFF (Tag Image File Format) is an international standard it has many interoperability problems in practice. Too many different versions that are not handled by all software alike. | ||||
| model/vrml | VRML Model - This is an openly standardized format for 3D models that can be useful for virtual reality applications such as anatomy or biochemical research (visualization of the steric structure of macromolecules) | ||||
| multipart/x-hl7-cda-level1 | CDA Level 1 Multipart - The HL7 clinical document Architecture, Level 1 MIME package. | ||||
| text/html | HTML Text - For marked-up text according to the Hypertext Mark-up Language. HTML markup is sufficient for typographically marking-up most written-text documents. HTML is platform independent and widely deployed. | ||||
| text/plain | Plain Text - For any plain text. This is the default and is equivalent to a character string (ST) data type. | ||||
| text/rtf | RTF Text - The Rich Text Format is widely used to share word-processor documents. However, RTF does have compatibility problems, as it is quite dependent on the word processor. May be useful if word processor edit-able text should be shared. | ||||
| text/sgml | SGML Text - For structured character based data. There is a risk that general SGML/XML is too powerful to allow a sharing of general SGML/XML documents between different applications. | ||||
| text/x-hl7-ft | HL7 Text - For compatibility, this represents the HL7 v2.x FT data type. Its use is recommended only for backward compatibility with HL7 v2.x systems. | ||||
| text/xml | XML Text - For structured character based data. There is a risk that general SGML/XML is too powerful to allow a sharing of general SGML/XML documents between different applications. | ||||
| video/mpeg | MPEG Video - MPEG is an international standard, widely deployed, highly efficient for high color video; open source code exists; highly interoperable. | ||||
| video/x-avi | X-AVI Video - The AVI file format is just a wrapper for many different codecs; it is a source of many interoperability problems. | ||||
| kmehr/transaction | Kmehr-Bis transaction | ||||
| image/dicom | Digital imaging and communications in medicine | ||||
| application/hl7-sda+xml | To be used as a mime type for SDA/SPL/CDA with the characteristic that they are human renderable. | ||||
| application/rtf | RTF - The Rich Text Format is widely used to share word-processor documents. However, RTF does have compatibility problems, as it is quite dependent on the word processor. May be useful if word processor edit-able text should be shared. | ||||
| application/fhir+json | |||||
| application/fhir+xml |
| Code | Meaning (English) | Meaning (French) | Meaning (Dutch) | Meaning (German) | SNOMED-CT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application/msword | MSWORD - This format is very prone to compatibility problems. If sharing of edit-able text is required, text/plain, text/html or text/rtf should be used instead. | ||||
| application/pdf | PDF - The Portable Document Format is recommended for written text that is completely laid out and read-only. PDF is a platform independent, widely deployed, and open specification with freely available creation and rendering tools. | ||||
| audio/basic | Basic Audio - This is a format for single channel audio, encoded using 8bit ISDN mu-law [PCM] at a sample rate of 8000 Hz. This format is standardized by: CCITT, Fascicle III.4 oRecommendation G.711. Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) of Voice Frequencies. Geneva, 1972. | ||||
| audio/k32adpcm | K32ADPCM Audio - ADPCM allows compressing audio data. It is defined in the Internet specification RFC 2421 [ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2421.txt]. Its implementation base is unclear. | ||||
| audio/mp3 | MP3 Audio - MPEG-1 Audio layer-3 is an audio compression algorithm and file format defined in ISO 11172-3 and ISO 13818-3. MP3 has an adjustable sampling frequency for highly compressed telephone to CD quality audio. | ||||
| image/g3fax | G3Fax Image - This is recommended only for fax applications. | ||||
| image/gif | GIF Image - GIF is a popular format that is universally well supported. However GIF is patent encumbered and should therefore be used with caution. | ||||
| image/jpeg | JPEG Image - This format is required for high compression of high color photographs. It is a "lossy" compression, but the difference to lossless compression is almost unnoticeable to the human vision. | ||||
| image/png | PNG Image - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) [http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png] is a widely supported lossless image compression standard with open source code available. | ||||
| image/tiff | TIFF Image - Although TIFF (Tag Image File Format) is an international standard it has many interoperability problems in practice. Too many different versions that are not handled by all software alike. | ||||
| model/vrml | VRML Model - This is an openly standardized format for 3D models that can be useful for virtual reality applications such as anatomy or biochemical research (visualization of the steric structure of macromolecules) | ||||
| multipart/x-hl7-cda-level1 | CDA Level 1 Multipart - The HL7 clinical document Architecture, Level 1 MIME package. | ||||
| text/html | HTML Text - For marked-up text according to the Hypertext Mark-up Language. HTML markup is sufficient for typographically marking-up most written-text documents. HTML is platform independent and widely deployed. | ||||
| text/plain | Plain Text - For any plain text. This is the default and is equivalent to a character string (ST) data type. | ||||
| text/rtf | RTF Text - The Rich Text Format is widely used to share word-processor documents. However, RTF does have compatibility problems, as it is quite dependent on the word processor. May be useful if word processor edit-able text should be shared. | ||||
| text/sgml | SGML Text - For structured character based data. There is a risk that general SGML/XML is too powerful to allow a sharing of general SGML/XML documents between different applications. | ||||
| text/x-hl7-ft | HL7 Text - For compatibility, this represents the HL7 v2.x FT data type. Its use is recommended only for backward compatibility with HL7 v2.x systems. | ||||
| text/xml | XML Text - For structured character based data. There is a risk that general SGML/XML is too powerful to allow a sharing of general SGML/XML documents between different applications. | ||||
| video/mpeg | MPEG Video - MPEG is an international standard, widely deployed, highly efficient for high color video; open source code exists; highly interoperable. | ||||
| video/x-avi | X-AVI Video - The AVI file format is just a wrapper for many different codecs; it is a source of many interoperability problems. | ||||
| kmehr/transaction | Kmehr-Bis transaction | ||||
| image/dicom | Digital imaging and communications in medicine | ||||
| application/hl7-sda+xml | To be used as a mime type for SDA/SPL/CDA with the characteristic that they are human renderable. | ||||
| application/rtf | RTF - The Rich Text Format is widely used to share word-processor documents. However, RTF does have compatibility problems, as it is quite dependent on the word processor. May be useful if word processor edit-able text should be shared. | ||||
| application/fhir+json | |||||
| application/fhir+xml |
Examples
<transaction> ... <lnk TYPE="multimedia" MEDIATYPE="application/pdf" SIZE="36.864"> … < /lnk> <\transaction> Explanation: This means that the referenced object is a pdf file.
<transaction> ... <lnk TYPE="multimedia" MEDIATYPE="application/pdf" SIZE="36.864"> … < /lnk> <\transaction> Explanation: This means that the referenced object is a pdf file.