The value of the ODM standard, like any information standard, is enhanced when systems can be developed with the assumption that ODM files have a high level of conformity. However, the ODM also provides value in that it provides both a standard and a technology for the interchange of clinical data where none has existed in the past. The conformity statements below represent an attempt at balancing the need for quality control with respect to the standard with the need for flexibility when encouraging adoption and innovation:
A computing system that processes information in ODM format can claim conformance to this standard only if it obeys the following rules.
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