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Giorgio Cangioli, PhD Consultant, HL7 Italy giorgio.cangioli@gmail.com	Primary Editor
Rob Hausam Hausam Consulting LLC rob@hausamconsulting.com	Primary Editor
Dr Kai U. Heitmann Heitmann Consulting and Services, HL7 Germany, ART-DECOR Open Tools GmbH info@kheitmann.de	Primary Editor
François Macary Phast francois.macary@phast.fr	Primary Editor
Dr Philip Scott HL7 UK philip.scott@uwtsd.ac.uk	Contributor
Dr Christof Geßner Christof.Gessner@mxdx.de	Contributor
Dr Stefan Sabutsch ELGA, HL7 Austria stefan.sabutsch@elga.gv.at	Contributor
Gary Dickinson CentriHealth gary.dickinson@ehr-standards.com	Contributor
Catherine Chronaki HL7 International Foundation chronaki@gmail.com	Contributor
Dr Stephen Chu HL7 Australia chuscmi88@gmail.com	Contributor
Didi Davis The Sequoia Project ddavis@sequoiaproject.org	Contributor
Alexander Berler (a.berler@gnomon.com.gr) ; Carina Seerainer (carina.seerainer@elga.gv.at); John Roberts (John.A.Roberts@tn.gov); Julie James (julie_james@bluewaveinformatics.co.uk); Mark Shafarman (mark.shafarman@earthlink.net); Fernando Portilla (fportila@gmail.com); Ed Hammond (william.hammond@duke.edu); Steve Kay (s.kay@histandards.net)	Other Contributors