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FHIRcast, published by HL7 International / Infrastructure And Messaging. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhircast-docs/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Glossary

Term Description
Anchor Context a context that is used as a container for shared content, typical anchor contexts are FHIR resources such as ImagingStudy and DiagnosticReport
Container the set of resources related to an anchor resource consisting of the resource itself, all resources referring to the resource and all resources the anchor resource refers to.
Content FHIR resources created during a user's interaction with the anchor context and shared with other Subscribers; shared content either directly or indirectly references the anchor context - for example, if the anchor context is a DiagnosticReport the user may make a measurement resulting in a FHIR observation containing measurement information which is shared with other Subscribers.
Context a FHIR resource associated with a session which indicates a subject on which applications should synchronize as appropriate to their functionality
Current Context the context associated with a session that is active at a given time, that is the context of the last *-open for which no *-close has occurred.
Hub handles subscription requests, session change requests, and distributes events to Subscribers
Session Event a user initiated workflow event, communicated to Subscribers, containing the current context or shared content
Subscriber an application which subscribes to and requests or receives session events
Topic an identifier of a session