ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 11240 First edition 2012-11-01 Health informatics ldentification of medicinal products Data elements and structures for the unique identification and exchange of units of measurement Informatique de santeIdentification des medicaments - Eléments de données et structures pour I'identification unique et I'échange d'informationssurlesunitesdemesure Reference number ISO 11240:2012(E) ISO Copyright intemational Organizatin for Standardizatin @ISO2012 HS under I Not for Resale ISO 11240:2012(E) COPYRiGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO 2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 - All rights reserved No reproduction or networking permited withoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO 11240:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms 3.1 Terms and definitions. 3.2 Abbreviations. 4 Structures and vocabularies 8 4.1 Overview .. 4.2 Metrological concepts.... 4.3 Semantics of units of measurement 11 4.4 Vocabulary for units of measurement. 12 4.5 Domain model .. 14 4.6 Data elements and technical data model. 16 4.7 25 Annex A (informative) Using units of measurement for expression of medicinal product strength .... 27 Annex B (informative) Examples to describe data elements .. .28 Annex C (informative) Example Controlled terminology mapping ..32 AnnexD(informative)Domainanalysismodel ..37 Bibliography 45 ili lout license from IHS Not for Resale