Technical Documentation

This page provides access to various BEDES technical documentation including recent 2.x versions of the BEDES Data Dictionary.

For copies of earlier versions of the BEDES Data Dictionary, please contact [email protected]


BEDES Technical Assistance Technical assistance opportunity to help developers create BEDES-compliant applications.
BEDES Mapping Procedure Procedure for documenting BEDES mappings to application datasets.
Example Composite Terms ( BEDES-composite-terms-examples.xlsx) A downloadable spreadsheet list of over 1000 example composite terms that have been developed for various application mappings and may be a useful resource for mapping your application terms.
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.3 Excel File ( BEDES V2.3 XLSX)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.3 Excel showing Marked Up Changes ( BEDES V2.3 - Marked Changes XLSX)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.2 Excel File ( BEDES V2.2.xlsx)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.2 in PDF format ( BEDES V2.2.pdf)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.2 Excel showing Marked Up Changes ( BEDES V2.2 - Marked Changes.xlsx)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.2 PDF showing Marked Up Changes ( BEDES V2.2 - Marked Changes.pdf)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.1 Excel File ( BEDES V2.1.xlsx)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.1 in PDF format ( BEDES V2.1.pdf)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.1 Excel showing Marked Up Changes ( BEDES V2.1 - Marked Changes.xlsx)
BEDES Dictionary Version 2.1 PDF showing Marked Up Changes ( BEDES V2.1 - Marked Changes.pdf)