Space should be listed in DS and IS VR character repertoire STATUS Sep 2014 Voting Packet Date of Last Update 2014/06/27 Person Assigned David Clunie Submitter Name David Clunie Submission Date 2014/01/27 Correction Number CP-1368 Log Summary: Space should be listed in DS and IS VR character repertoire Name of Standard PS3.5 2013 Rationale for Correction: Leading and trailing spaces are explicitly permitted in DS and IS values, but are not listed in the character repertoire column. Correction Wording:

Amend DICOM PS3.5 as follows:

DICOM Value Representations

VR Name	Definition	Character Repertoire	Length of Value
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DS Decimal String	A string of characters representing either a fixed point number or a floating point number. A fixed point number shall contain only the characters 0-9 with an optional leading "+" or "-" and an optional "." to mark the decimal point. A floating point number shall be conveyed as defined in ANSI X3.9, with an "E" or "e" to indicate the start of the exponent. Decimal Strings may be padded with leading or trailing spaces. Embedded spaces are not allowed. Data Elements with multiple values using this VR may not be properly encoded if Explicit-VR transfer syntax is used and the VL of this attribute exceeds 65534 bytes.	"0"-"9", "+", "-", "E", "e", "." and the SPACE character of Default Character Repertoire	16 bytes maximum
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IS Integer String	A string of characters representing an Integer in base-10 (decimal), shall contain only the characters 0 - 9, with an optional leading "+" or "-". It may be padded with leading and/or trailing spaces. Embedded spaces are not allowed. The integer, n, represented shall be in the range: -231<= n <= (231-1).	"0"-"9", "+", "-" and the SPACE character of Default Character Repertoire	12 bytes maximum
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