CDA R2 Header of the Patient Data Repository

The “HL7 CDA R2 Header of the Patient Data Repository” document defines the technical structure of the description or metadata of the CDA R2 documents stored in the Patient Data Repository.

The “HL7 CDA R2 Header of the Patient Data Repository” document describes the description information at a general level, not on a document-specific basis. The document-specific specifications with mandatory data can be found in the documentation Description information of Patient Data Repository documents (opens in a new window)(opens new window).

More detailed information about the specifications are available on the Finnish-language page.

Last updated 21.5.2026