Verifiable Health Link
0.0.2-current - ci-build

Verifiable Health Link, published by IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.2-current built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/ITI.VHL/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Create Secure Channel - TTL Representation

Active as of 2026-03-12

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    @prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
    @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
    @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
    @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
    @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

    # - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

     a fhir:Requirements ;
      fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
      fhir:id [ fhir:v "CreateSecureChannel"] ; #
      fhir:text [
    fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ;
    fhir:div [ fhir:v "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: Requirements CreateSecureChannel</b></p><a name=\"CreateSecureChannel\"> </a><a name=\"hcCreateSecureChannel\"> </a><p>These requirements apply to the following actors: </p><ul><li><a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html\">VHL Receiver</a></li><li><a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html\">VHL Sharer</a></li></ul><p>These requirements derive from <a href=\"Requirements-EstablishTrust.html\">Establish Trust</a></p><table class=\"grid\"/></div>"^^rdf:XMLLiteral ]
      ] ; #
      fhir:url [
    fhir:v "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateSecureChannel"^^xsd:anyURI ;
    fhir:l <https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateSecureChannel>
      ] ; #
      fhir:version [ fhir:v "0.0.2-current"] ; #
      fhir:name [ fhir:v "CreateSecureChannel"] ; #
      fhir:title [ fhir:v "Create Secure Channel"] ; #
      fhir:status [ fhir:v "active"] ; #
      fhir:date [ fhir:v "2026-03-12T12:40:14+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime] ; #
      fhir:publisher [ fhir:v "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee"] ; #
      fhir:contact ( [
        ( fhir:telecom [
    fhir:system [ fhir:v "url" ] ;
    fhir:value [ fhir:v "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/" ]     ] )
      ] [
        ( fhir:telecom [
    fhir:system [ fhir:v "email" ] ;
    fhir:value [ fhir:v "iti@ihe.net" ]     ] )
      ] [
    fhir:name [ fhir:v "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee" ] ;
        ( fhir:telecom [
    fhir:system [ fhir:v "email" ] ;
    fhir:value [ fhir:v "iti@ihe.net" ]     ] )
      ] ) ; #
      fhir:description [ fhir:v "The [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html) and [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html) SHALL jointly establish a secure connection prior to executing any Verified Health Link (VHL) transactions involving the exchange of sensitive data.\n\nThis requirement is satisfied by implementing secure channel establishment as defined in the [Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA)](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume1/ch-9.html) Profile, specifically through the Authenticate Node [ITI-19] transaction.\n\nThis requirement entails:\n* The VHL Receiver initiating a secure connection as the client and presenting valid credentials\n* The VHL Sharer responding as the server, presenting its own credentials and validating the client's credentials against a trusted Certificate Authority or Trust Anchor\n\nEstablishing this secure channel ensures confidentiality, integrity, and bilateral authentication of all subsequent communications, and fulfills the trust obligations defined in the [Establish Trust](Requirements-EstablishTrust.html) requirement."] ; #
      fhir:jurisdiction ( [
        ( fhir:coding [
    fhir:system [
    fhir:v "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"^^xsd:anyURI ;
    fhir:l <http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm>       ] ;
    fhir:code [ fhir:v "001" ]     ] )
      ] ) ; #
      fhir:derivedFrom ( [
    fhir:v "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/EstablishTrust"^^xsd:anyURI ;
    fhir:l <https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/EstablishTrust>
      ] ) ; #
      fhir:actor ( [
    fhir:v "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLReceiver"^^xsd:anyURI ;
    fhir:l <https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLReceiver>
      ] [
    fhir:v "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLSharer"^^xsd:anyURI ;
    fhir:l <https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLSharer>
      ] ) . #