Overview of Changes:Current Implementation vs. Standard

Current Implementation

(AS-IS)

EDCS Standard

(TO-BE)

All codes are expressed as integers instead of character strings.

Classification

Attribute

Attribute Enumerant

Unit

Unit Equivalence

Unit Scale

Organizational Schema

Groups

No significant change

Value Type is language dependent

unique

language dependent

enumerated datatype

none

embedded into current units of measure

none

abstract

shared �quality� enumerants

new dictionary

Dictionary

Overview of Changes: Current Implementation vs. Standard