PBS XML

Element <pbs:code>

Belongs to http://schema.pbs.gov.au/ XML Namespace. Defined in PBS XML Schema grammar.

This is a simple type of element.

A code.

Terminology

This element may reference terminology concepts from the PBS Ontology (http://pbs.gov.au/pbs-ontology) class of concepts.

Contains

Contains a code. These may be associated with many different things, eg. PBS Items, prescribing rules, etc. The rdf:resource attribute gives the PBS Terminology concept that identifies the type of code (a.k.a. a "code-stream"). All codes with the same PBS Terminology concept have unique values (exceptions are markup bands and pricing models). NB. Some elements are references to objects that have a code, in which case the reference includes the code for convenience. In this case the code reference is excluded from the uniqueness constraint.

Content of the code element.

May be used in

Example

<info>
   <dbk:title>...</dbk:title>
   <category>...</category>
   <code rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/code/program">
content
   </code>
   <pricing-model rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/pricing/extemporaneous">...</pricing-model>
</info>

Attributes

The pbs:code element may include the following attributes: