NCIt definition : A Standards Developing Organization (SDO) operating in the healthcare arena with an
emphasis on the domain of clinical and administrative data.;
Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: An ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO) operating
in the healthcare arena. NOTE: Level 7 refers to the highest level of the International
Standards Organization's (ISO) communications model for Open Systems Interconnection
(OSI), the application level. The application level addresses definition of the data
to be exchanged, the timing of the interchange, and the communication of certain errors
to the application. Level 7 supports such functions as security checks, participant
identification, availability checks, exchange mechanism negotiations, and, most importantly,
data exchange structuring.;