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EIDX Glossary of
Terms
Qualified Data Element - A data element whose precise meaning
is conveyed by an associated qualifier.
Qualifier - A data element whose value
shall be expressed as a code that gives specific meaning to the
function of another data
element or a segment. [ISO 9735]. A qualifier and the qualified
data element are also referred to as a name-value
pair, a term
that comes from how HTML forms work. The qualifier identifies the "name" and
the qualified data element contains the "value."
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