prEN 18029

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2024
Diagnostične analize zdravja živali - Elektronska izmenjava podatkov v
laboratorijskih analizah
Animal health diagnostic analyses - Electronic data exchange in laboratory analysis
Tiergesundheit - Elektronischer Datenaustausch bei Labortests
Analyses de diagnostic en santé animale - Échange de donnée électronique dans les
analyses de laboratoire
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18029
ICS:
11.220 Veterinarstvo Veterinary medicine
35.240.99 Uporabniške rešitve IT na IT applications in other fields
drugih področjih
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2023
ICS 11.220; 35.240.99
English Version
Animal health diagnostic analyses - Electronic data
exchange in laboratory analysis
Analyses de diagnostic en santé animale - Échange de Tiergesundheit - Elektronischer Datenaustausch bei
donnée électronique dans les analyses de laboratoire Labortests
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CEN/TC 469.
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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 e-Labs . 7
5 The partners in the exchanges . 8
6 Scope of the exchanges. 8
7 General exchange system . 9
8 Exchange scenarios . 9
9 Simplified data diagram . 11
9.1 Description of the exchanged files . 11
9.1.1 The “Request” file . 11
9.1.2 The “Result” file . 13
9.1.3 The “Acknowledgement” file . 15
9.2 The exchange parameters . 15
9.3 Service requests . 16
9.4 Sampling location and sampler . 16
9.5 The sample . 17
9.6 Instruction . 18
9.7 The analyses . 18
9.8 Analysis results . 19
10 Data dictionary . 20
10.1 The principles . 20
10.2 Definitions and glossary . 20
10.3 Request and result messages. 21
10.3.1 General tags . 21
10.3.2 “Function” tags . 23
10.4 Acknowledgement message . 38
11 Management of the reference lists . 39
11.1 Reference lists . 39
11.2 The reference framework . 39
11.3 Nomenclatures . 41
12 Management of the parties . 43
12.1 General. 43
12.2 Identification of the parties . 43
12.3 Party contacts . 43
13 Points requiring attention for the implementation of the standard . 44
13.1 General. 44
13.2 Exchange scenarios . 44
13.3 Scope of exchanged data. 44
13.4 Organization of the exchanges . 44
13.5 Communication protocol . 45
Annex A (informative) The entities in the data dictionary . 46

European foreword
This document (prEN 18029:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 469 “Animal
health diagnostic analyses”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.

Introduction
Numerous partners are involved in animal health monitoring/surveillance, from the competent
authorities and public establishments to the professional organizations.
Sharing electronic information on animal health knowledge is a major issue. This sharing process
involves exchanging information and making sure that the information is comparable and coherent, and
it requires that the informatic systems of the various players in this field are interoperable.
To do so, the use of a common language based on a standard data exchange format that is open and
accessible to all and that uses lists of common codes is the most appropriate response to this need.
This standardization offers numerous advantages:
— to be able to process data from a large number of laboratory tests in a short period of time,
especially in the context of a health crisis;
— to facilitate animal health data reporting and analysis;
— to guarantee interoperability within the animal health community on the laboratory test data;
— to improve data reliability and data quality.
The ultimate goal is to propose a common data exchange language (format of the messages and the
dictionary of all the items that compose the message) between the prescribers and the laboratories in
the animal health sector. This document provides only the format of the common data exchanges
language. It can be considered as the first step in standardization of electronic data exchange in
laboratory analysis. A subsequent step could be the development of code lists.
This standardization is based on the e-Labs format, which consists of a set of files, processes and
rules allowing for the standardization of data exchanges between prescribers and laboratories.
This standard exchange format has been developed using tools designed by UN/CEFACT (United
Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business). UN/CEFACT is a United Nations
organization that promotes and establishes the interoperability of information exchanges through the
definition of data exchange format standards. These standards are available on the UN/CEFACT
website: http://www.unece.org/cefact/.
UN/CEFACT designed an e-Labs exchange format to standardize transactions of analytical data in
agriculture in the broadest sense.
By supporting animal health and reducing severe diseases and losses in animal production, the
standard will also have a positive effect on Goal 12 zero responsible consumption and production, see
https://www.fao.org/common-
pages/search/en/?q=sustainable%20development%20goals%20food%20production%20
https://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/en/
By supporting animal health and thus a sustainable production the standard will also have a positive
effect on Goal 2 zero Hunger
A sustainable production does also contribute to goal 13.
https://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/en/
1 Scope
This document specifies a common data exchange format (i.e. format of the messages and the dictionary
of all the items that compose the message) between the prescribers and the laboratories in the animal
health sector.
This document is intended for prescribers (purchasers) and service providers in charge of collecting
samples and conducting analyses (including analysis laboratories) that want to computerize and
standardize their data exchanges, particularly in the animal health sector.
This document excludes the code lists that are required for unambiguous data exchange.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
reference
structured additional information that specifies the characteristics of an entity
Note 1 to entry: Referen
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