2000 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 79-85
Medical Markup Language (MML) version 2.21 is characterized by XML as meta language, module structure for each document and enhancement of linking function among documents. Data exchange specification was also added for query and reply. MML instance is composed of MML header and MML body. MML header includes the information for data transmission, while MML body includes several module items. One module item contains only one module and one document information. Nine MML modules are defined at the present time; patient information, health insurance information, diagnosis information, lifestyle information, basic clinic information, particular information at the time of first visit, progress course information, surgery record information and clinical summary information. MML2.21 specification was published in November 1999 and the implementation has progressed in several hospitals and software vendors.
