OrganizationNameType

Names by which the organization is known. Use the attribute isFormal=”true” to designate the legal or formal name of the Organization. The preferred name should be noted with the isPreferred attribute. Names may be typed with TypeOfOrganizationName to indicate their appropriate usage.

Properties

Name	Type		Description
MultilingualStringValue	langString	0..n	A name for the Organization.
Abbreviation	langString	0..n	An abbreviation or acronym for the name. This It is assumed that if only a single language is provided that it may be used in any of the other languages within which the name itself is expressed.
TypeOfOrganizationName	CodeValueType	0..1	The type of organization name provided. the use of a controlled vocabulary is strongly recommended. At minimum this should include, e.g. PreviousFormalName, Nickname (or CommonName), Other.
EffectivePeriod	DateType	0..1	The time period for which this name is accurate and in use.
IsFormal	boolean	0..1	The legal or formal name of the organization should have the isFormal attribute set to true. To avoid confusion only one organization name should have the isFormal attribute set to true. Use the TypeOfOrganizationName to further differentiate the type and applied usage when multiple names are provided.
IsPreferred	boolean	0..1	If more than one name for the object is provided, use the isPreferred attribute to indicate which is the preferred name content. All other names should be set to isPreferred=”false”.
Context	string	0..1	A name may be specific to a particular context, i.e., a type of software, or a section of a registry. Identify the context related to the specified name.

Relationships

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