The scope of the CDA is the standardization of clinical documents for exchange.http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/foundationdocuments/cda/cda.htm (4 of 187)8/30/2004 7:50:20 AM DRAFT2008 HL7 Clinical Document Architecture, Release 2.0The data format of clinical documents outside of the exchange context is not addressed in this specification.The clinical content of CDA documents is defined in the RIM. CDA documents can be transmitted in HL7 messages designed to transfer clinical documents. The specification for such messages is outside the scope of the CDA, although this standard does specify how to package CDA documents within HL7 messages (see CDA Document E