Project Summary for Unified Conformance and Constraint Modeling (previously known as Refinement, Constraint and Localization, Release 3)
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Project Details
Number | 1146 View Ballot Items List (with NIBs) |
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Name | Unified Conformance and Constraint Modeling (previously known as Refinement, Constraint and Localization, Release 3) |
Sponsor(s) | Conformance Work Group |
Co-Sponsor(s) | Infrastructure and Messaging Work Group, Modeling and Methodology Work Group, Terminology Infrastructure Work Group |
Steering Division | Infrastructure |
Description | This project is intended to consolidate the HL7 guidance regarding conformance across product lines into a single specification that addresses conformance in a consistent way across all the HL7 standard specification: - Analysis Models (Domain Analysis Models, Detailed Clinical Models) - HL7 Version 2.x - HL7 Version 3.0 - HL7 CDA - HL7 Functional Model - HL7 Service Functional Models - HL7 FHIR Resources This specification may reference existing conformance guidance on specific product lines but it will identify generic concepts applicable across product lines (e.g. usability constraints on HL7 V2 messages structures, CDA documents, FHIR resource Definitions).This specification will document how constraint, templates, and profiles are used generically and then illustrate how each product line may add a specific type of conformance statement or product-specific extensibility rules. Additionally, this project will specify or reference best practices, analysis patterns, and other high-level requirements analysis approaches to ensure that HL7 analysis models and A third objective is to address constraints applied to functional and behavioral specification (e.g. service functional models) in order to create functional or service profiles and provide testable conformance statements. |
Project Facilitator | Frank Oemig |
Status | On Hold |
SD Approval Date | Awaiting Approval |
TSC Approval Date | Awaiting Approval |
Type | Ballot - Informative |
Objectives / Deliverables | Initial draft of methodology for WG review - Target: 2014-09 WGM Draft for Comment Ballot - Target: Jan 2015 First Normative Ballot - Target: May 2015 Second Normative Ballot - Target: Sep 2015 Initial draft of methodology for WG review - Target: 2014-09 WGM Draft for Comment Ballot - Target: Jan 2015 First Normative Ballot - Target: May 2015 Second Normative Ballot - Target: Sep 2015 Initial draft of methodology for WG review - Target: 2014-09 WGM Draft for Comment Ballot - Target: Jan 2015 |
Next Milestone Date | 2023 September WGM |
Project End Date | 2024 January WGM |
Project Intent | Revise Current Standard, Supplement to a Current Standard |
Project Need | Currently each product line and even work group is approaching conformance and constraint modeling in their own way. Similarly, analysis models are free-style and do not describe interoperability requirements in a consistent way. The original HDF 1.5 methodology has not been updated to reflect the current use of DAMs as precursor models for HL7 standards and implementation guides. As the DAMs are becoming an important means for domain experts to communicate their needs to standards development and implementation guide developers as well as implementers and software quality engineers. Currently, healthcare organization are concerned about 'HL7 conformance' in a generic way but in reality conformance to HL7 can only be evaluated effectively against specific HL7 implementation guides, provides, templates, constraints, and conformance criteria applied to the default standards (e.g. HL7 CDA R2, EHR FM) to allow for testable and unambiguous criteria. |
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Project Document Repository |
HL7 GForge: http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/hdf/ Wiki page: http://wiki.hl7.org/index.php?title=Unified_Conformance_Guidance |
Backwards Compatibility | Don't Know |
External Vocabularies | |
Products | V2 Messages-Infrastructure; V3 Documents-Clinical (e.g. CDA); V3 Foundation-RIM; V3 Foundation-Vocab Domains & Value Sets |
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Realm | Universal |
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Stakeholders | Clinical and Public Health Laboratories, Immunization Registries, Quality Reporting Agencies, Regulatory Agency, Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), Payors, Other (specify in Misc. Notes below) |
Vendors | Pharmaceutical; EHR, PHR; Equipment; Health Care IT; Clinical Decision Support Systems; Lab; HIS; Other (specify in Misc. Notes below) |
Providers | Clinical and Public Health Laboratories; Emergency Services; Local and State Departments of Health; Medical Imaging Service; Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health); Other (specify in Misc. Notes below) |
Ballot Cycle Info | |
Misc Notes | 2017 Jan: F. Oemig: Place on hold with a new startup date for January 2018. Ted is preparing a document for vocabulary that would fit in here and covers part of it. So, we need to discuss with vocabulary first. |
U.S. Govt Interest? | Yes |
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FMG Approval | |
ARB Approval | |
Start Date | Oct 9, 2014 |
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