A2.1 General

The display segment is mandatory (refer to conformance point HL7au:000008) to assure the contents of the pathology report be interpreted in the context that the pathology provider intended. Although there are a number of allowed display formats (XHTML, RTF, PDF or HL7 Formatted text - FT) there isn't a prescribed format to be used. The display format type used will depend on the display features  required. This appendix provides detail on the display format types of XHTML and PDF.

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