The type of encoding used to represent successive octets of binary data as displayable ASCII characters. Refer to HL7 Table 0299 - Encoding for valid values.
OID & Vocabulary Information
- THO Canonical URL (v2.0.0)
- http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0299
- Table OID
- 2.16.840.1.113883.12.299
- Codesystem OID (v1)
- 2.16.840.1.113883.18.185
- Value Set OID
- 2.16.840.1.113883.21.197
- Binding
- universal
- Expansion
- All codes from codesystem
- UTG Code Table
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Used In Data-Type Components1
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A | No encoding - data are displayable ASCII characters. |
Base64 | Encoding as defined by MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) standard RFC 1521. Four consecutive ASCII characters represent three consecutive octets of binary data. Base64 utilizes a 65-character subset of US-ASCII, consisting of both the upper and THO: The Request For Comment (RFC) 1521 standard is available at: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1521.txt Definition: Encoding as defined by MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) standard RFC 1521. Four consecutive ASCII characters represent three consecutive octets of binary data. Base64 utilizes a 65-character subset of US-ASCII, consisting of both the upper and lower case alphabetic characters, digits “0” through “9”, “+”, “/”, and “=”. |
Hex | Hexadecimal encoding - consecutive pairs of hexadecimal digits represent consecutive single octets. |
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