Evidence Comparison XML Format

The Evidence Comparison Widget requires XML data that conforms to the evidence comparison schema. This schema is defined in the evidence-comparison.xsd file located in the lib/curam/xml/schema folder of your CDEJ installation folder. Below is an example of the kind of XML necessary:

Figure 1. Evidence Comparison

<EVIDENCE_COMPARISON DETERMINATION_DELIVERY_ID="45556363"
    BASELINE1_LABEL="label 1" BASELINE2_LABEL="label 2">
  <QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRE_ID="QE1"
                 LABEL="Questionnaire 1">
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q1" HIGHLIGHT="false"
              TYPE="NORMAL" SUB_TYPE="INT32"
              LABEL="What is your gender?">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="Male" SHOW_LINK="false"
                 DISPLAY_TEXT="Question Not Asked"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="Male" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
    </QUESTION>
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q2" LABEL="What is your age?"
              HIGHLIGHT="false" TYPE="NORMAL" SUB_TYPE="INT32">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="35" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="35" SHOW_LINK="false"
                 DISPLAY_TEXT="Question Unanswered"/>
    </QUESTION>
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q3" TYPE="NORMAL"
              SUB_TYPE="COMMENTS" HIGHLIGHT="true"
              LABEL="What country do you live in?">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="Question not asked"
                 SHOW_LINK="false"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="Kildare" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
    </QUESTION>
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q4"
        LABEL="Do you have trouble breathing when you walk?"
        HIGHLIGHT="false" TYPE="NORMAL" SUB_TYPE="COMMENTS">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="yes" SHOW_LINK="true"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="yes" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
    </QUESTION>
  </QUESTIONNAIRE>
  <QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTIONNAIRE_ID="QE2"
                 LABEL="Questionnaire 2">
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q8" LABEL="Question 8?"
        HIGHLIGHT="false" TYPE="NORMAL" SUB_TYPE="INT32">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="answer" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="answer" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
    </QUESTION>
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q9" LABEL="Question 9?"
        HIGHLIGHT="true" TYPE="NORMAL" SUB_TYPE="INT32">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="answer" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="different answer"
            SHOW_LINK="false"/>
    </QUESTION>
    <QUESTION QUESTION_ID="Q10" LABEL="Question 9?"
        HIGHLIGHT="false" TYPE="NORMAL" SUB_TYPE="INT32">
      <BASELINE1 ANSWER="answer" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
      <BASELINE2 ANSWER="answer" SHOW_LINK="false"/>
    </QUESTION>
  </QUESTIONNAIRE>
</EVIDENCE_COMPARISON>

Table 1. Attributes of Evidence Comparison Element
Attribute	Description
`DETERMINATION_DELIVERY_ID`	Unique identifier for this element, supplied as a parameter to the row hyperlink.
`BASELINE1_LABEL`	Label for the first set of answers.
`BASELINE2_LABEL`	Label for the second set of answers

Table 2. Attributes of Questionnaire Element
Attribute	Description
`QUESTIONNAIRE_ID`	Unique identifier for this element, supplied as a parameter to the row hyperlink.
`LABEL`	Label for the questionnaire or question.

Table 3. Attributes of Question Element
Attribute	Description
`QUESTION_ID`	Unique identifier for this element, supplied as a parameter to the row hyperlink.
`HIGHLIGHT`	Flag to highlight the row.
`TYPE`	The type is either `NORMAL` or `CODETABLE`.
`SUB_TYPE`	The `behavior of the SUB_TYPE` attribute value depends on the value of the `TYPE` attribute. In case where the `TYPE` attribute is specified as `NORMAL`, the `SUB_TYPE` refers to the actual data type to used value; where `TYPE` value is specified as `CODETABLE`, `the SUB_TYPE` value would be the name of the codetable to use.

Table 4. Attributes of Baseline Elements
Attribute	Description
`ANSWER`	The answer text to the question.
`SHOW_LINK`	Flag to create a link from existing answer to another.
`DISPLAY_TEXT`	This text takes precedence over answer value.