Appendix C - Dialect Aliases

This appendix provides a list of example aliases that may be used to specify a particular dialect in an ECL filter constraint. Please refer to the 'Dialect Filter' section on 6.8 Description Filters for more information.

The table below lists the valid 'dialect' filter values and their equivalent 'dialectId' filter values, for a selection of known language reference sets. The dialect aliases shown below use the following format (defined using ABNF):

dialectAlias = language [ "-" realm [ "-" useCase ] ]

language = alpha alpha                              ; conforms to ISO 639-1 2 character language codes

realm = alpha *alpha                                  ; if realm is a country then conforms to ISO 3166-1 2 character country codes

useCase = alpha *(alpha / integerValue)   ; the clinical scope or context of use