HL7Connect.com hl7_dict Library
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Welcome to the hl7_dict library from HL7Connect.com.
This library includes a set of Hl7 tools including:

* a parser
* a message builder
* XML support
* Hl7 metadata services

For licensing information covering the source code 
included in this package, refer to licence.txt


In addition to the source code provided in this package,
you need to following resources to make use of this code:

* OpenXML. See http://www.philo.de/xml/ for source

* The HL7 Access database
  This can be purchased from HL7 at http://www.hl7.org
  You do not need to redistribute this 

* The HL7 xml schemas
  You need these to be able to write proper XML
  messages. HL7 Members can get these from 
  http://www.hl7.org. I do not know how non-members 
  can get them

The HL7 resources are not released as part of this work
due to Hl7 intellectual Property and Copyright policies.

Documentation
* Getting started in hl7_dict.txt
* for detailed documentation, refer to hl7_dict.pas

Grahame Grieve
HL7Connect.com
