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: Ethernet MAC Address as a device identifier - XML Representation

Active as of 2021-06-14

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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ethernet-address-identifier"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: NamingSystem ethernet-address-identifier</b></p><a name="ethernet-address-identifier"> </a><a name="hcethernet-address-identifier"> </a><a name="ethernet-address-identifier-en-US"> </a><h3>Summary</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ethernet-address-identifier</td></tr><tr><td>Version</td><td>2.1.0</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>Ethernet_Address_Identifier</td></tr><tr><td>Title</td><td>Ethernet MAC Address as a device identifier</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>active</td></tr><tr><td>Definition</td><td><div><p>The Ethernet MAC (media access control) address is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. This use is common in most IEEE 802 networking technologies.  The address typically includes a manufacturer's organizationally unique identifier (OUI). MAC addresses are formed according to the principles of two numbering spaces based on Extended Unique Identifiers (EUI) managed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): EUI-48. A device that has an Ethernet MAC address can also have it own Bluetooth MAC address.</p>
</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>IHE Patient Care Devices (PCD)</td></tr></table><h3>Identifiers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Preferred</b></td><td><b>Comment</b></td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/eui-48/ethernet</td><td>true</td><td>Ethernet EUI-48 MAC address</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ethernet-address-identifier"/>
  <version value="2.1.0"/>
  <name value="Ethernet_Address_Identifier"/>
  <title value="Ethernet MAC Address as a device identifier"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="identifier"/>
  <date value="2021-06-14T00:00:00-00:00"/>
  <publisher value="IHE Patient Care Devices (PCD)"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Devices on FHIR working group; IHE Patient Care Devices"/>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="IHE Patient Care Devices"/>
  <description
               value="The Ethernet MAC (media access control) address is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. This use is common in most IEEE 802 networking technologies.  The address typically includes a manufacturer's organizationally unique identifier (OUI). MAC addresses are formed according to the principles of two numbering spaces based on Extended Unique Identifiers (EUI) managed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): EUI-48. A device that has an Ethernet MAC address can also have it own Bluetooth MAC address."/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/eui-48/ethernet"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
    <comment value="Ethernet EUI-48 MAC address"/>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>