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Components of an HL7 Message

HL7 has a message-oriented architecture, as opposed to a Client-Server or Document architecture. It means that the application in which an event occurs will send a message to other applications rather than serving a request.

	Throughout this document, the application that issues the message will be called Sender or Sending Application, and the addressee of the message will be called Receiver or Receiving Application.