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NAACCR XML v23 Base Dictionary and Standard update to v1.6

  • 1.  NAACCR XML v23 Base Dictionary and Standard update to v1.6

    Posted 08-05-2022 02:13 PM

     Greetings from the NAACCR XML Workgroup!

     

    The NAACCR v23 XML Base Dictionary and XML Data Exchange Standard v1.6 are available on the NAACCR website at: www.naaccr.org/xml-data-exchange-standard

     

    The NAACCR Data Exchange Standard, XML Specifications for Cancer Registry Records has been updated to version 1.6 (June 2022). Changes since version 1.5 include:

    • The dictionary item attribute "allowUnlimitedText" was retired. Starting with v1.6, no data item can have a value longer than its specified length. Text lengths have been increased on data items that previously had this attribute, in the v23 data dictionary (Volume II) and XML base dictionary.
    • Support for defining grouped items in base dictionaries was removed. The grouped items were removed from the v23 data dictionary (Volume II) and XML base dictionary.
    • Reviewed wording of padding & trim attributes, added a notice of future retirement & changes to these attributes
    • A new value was added for the padding attributes: "none" (meaning don't apply any padding). It was added in preparation of retiring the two space-padding values since one of them is the default. 

     

    Questions and comments about the NAACCR XML base dictionary or Data Exchange Standard can be directed to the co-chairs, Isaac Hands (isaac.hands@uky.edu) and Valerie Yoder (valerie.yoder@hsc.utah.edu), or the NAACCR XML forum: https://share.naaccr.org/xml-forum 

     

    Thank you,

    Isaac Hands and Valerie Yoder, Co-Chairs
    NAACCR XML Data Exchange Workgroup