DataType Object
- Andrea Dennis
Modules exchange data with Noah by adding and retrieving data through the ModuleAPI. Using the ModuleAPI, data added by one module may be viewed by another Manufacturer’s module that supports this data type.
Modules must let Noah know which types of data they can work with. Using a collection of DataType objects, which hold information about the nature of the data and the format used to represent the data, a module can tell Noah which types of data it can generate and which types it can visualize. These standards are described in the Noah data standards documents on the HIMSA website (www.himsa.com).
The data types that a module can create are expressed through a collection of DataType objects identified by the ActionMake property of the object. The data types that a module can visualize are expressed through another collection of DataType objects identified by the ActionShow property.