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http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg/index.cfm Maturity Level: N  Normative (from v4.2.0) Compartments: No defined compartments

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the MetadataResource Resource.

MetadataResource
Definition

Common Interface declaration for conformance and knowledge artifact resources.

Short Display Common Interface declaration for definitional resources
Cardinality 0..*
Type CanonicalResource
Summary false
MetadataResource.approvalDate
Definition

The date on which the resource content was approved by the publisher. Approval happens once when the content is officially approved for usage.

Short Display When the {{title}} was approved by publisher
Cardinality 0..1
Type date
Summary false
Comments

The 'date' element may be more recent than the approval date because of minor changes or editorial corrections.

See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here.

MetadataResource.lastReviewDate
Definition

The date on which the resource content was last reviewed. Review happens periodically after approval but does not change the original approval date.

Short Display When the {{title}} was last reviewed by the publisher
Cardinality 0..1
Type date
Requirements

Gives a sense of how "current" the content is. Resources that have not been reviewed in a long time may have a risk of being less appropriate/relevant.

See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here.

Summary false
Comments

If specified, this date follows the original approval date.

MetadataResource.effectivePeriod
Definition

The period during which the {{title}} content was or is planned to be in active use.

Short Display When the {{title}} is expected to be used
Cardinality 0..1
Type Period
Requirements

Allows establishing a transition before a resource comes into effect and also allows for a sunsetting process when new versions of the {{title}} are or are expected to be used instead.

Summary true
Comments

The effective period for a {{title}} determines when the content is applicable for usage and is independent of publication and review dates. For example, a measure intended to be used for the year 2016 might be published in 2015.

See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here.

MetadataResource.topic
Standards Status This element has a standards status of "Deprecated" which is different from the status of the whole resource
Definition

Descriptive topics related to the content of the {{title}}. Topics provide a high-level categorization as well as keywords for the {{title}} that can be useful for filtering and searching.

Short Display E.g. Education, Treatment, Assessment, etc
Cardinality 0..*
Terminology Binding Definition Topic (Example)
Type CodeableConcept
Requirements

Repositories must be able to determine how to categorize the {{title}} so that it can be found by topical and keyword searches.

Summary false
Comments

This element provides topical categorization and keywords for the {{title}}, as opposed to the more structured context-of-use information provided in the useContext element.

DEPRECATION NOTE: For consistency, implementations are encouraged to migrate to using the new 'topic' code in the useContext element. (I.e. useContext.code indicating http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/usage-context-type#topic and useContext.valueCodeableConcept indicating the topic)

MetadataResource.author
Definition

An individiual or organization primarily involved in the creation and maintenance of the {{title}}.

Short Display Who authored the {{title}}
Cardinality 0..*
Type ContactDetail
Summary false
MetadataResource.editor
Definition

An individual or organization primarily responsible for internal coherence of the {{title}}.

Short Display Who edited the {{title}}
Cardinality 0..*
Type ContactDetail
Summary false
MetadataResource.reviewer
Definition

An individual or organization asserted by the publisher to be primarily responsible for review of some aspect of the {{title}}.

Short Display Who reviewed the {{title}}
Cardinality 0..*
Type ContactDetail
Summary false
Comments

See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here.

MetadataResource.endorser
Definition

An individual or organization asserted by the publisher to be responsible for officially endorsing the {{title}} for use in some setting.

Short Display Who endorsed the {{title}}
Cardinality 0..*
Type ContactDetail
Summary false
Comments

See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here.

MetadataResource.relatedArtifact
Definition

Related artifacts such as additional documentation, justification, dependencies, bibliographic references, and predecessor and successor artifacts.

Short Display Additional documentation, citations, etc
Cardinality 0..*
Type RelatedArtifact
Requirements

A {{title}} must be able to provide enough information for consumers of the content (and/or interventions or results produced by the content) to be able to determine and understand the justification for and evidence in support of the content.

Summary false
Comments

Each related artifact is either an attachment, or a reference to another resource, but not both.