The XML Workgroup has started discussing proposing new levels of data in the NAACCR XML hierarchy. The current levels are NaaccrData, Patient, Tumor.
We want to gather use cases for the suggested new levels to support a proposal.
The use cases could be for central and/or hospital registries, for research files, etc. The use case should have a need to transmit or store data in NAACCR XML format. Like you might store extra data in registry software database tables but never need to transmit it in XML - that data wouldn't be a good candidate for an extra level.
These are the new levels we've discussed:
Address (parent element: Patient)
Treatment (parent element: Tumor)
Physicians (parent element: probably Tumor)
Please comment if you have any suggestions of use cases or other new levels to consider!
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Valerie Yoder
Utah Cancer Registry
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