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Next Meeting - Feb 27 All Meetings	May 2017 - Madrid	Data Type Conformance Tutorial

Introduction

Conformance is responsible for supporting all conformance activities of users of HL7 standards, including:

Profiling (e.g. localization) of HL7 standards to suit specific real-world situations
Creation of implementation guides
Mechanism to specify, interpret, and test conformance

Name Change	Conformance was previously known as Conformance and Guidance for Implementation/Testing (CGIT). The name has been shortened to simply 'Conformance' with no change or reduction to the purpose of the group. All references to CGIT should be updated to Conformance. Archived CGIT Wikipage
Charter	Provide a forum for users of HL7 standards to: discuss general implementation guidance conformance issues including guidance on testing conformance constructs share best practices, success stories, and challenges related to the use of HL7 standards in specific real-world situations
SWOT	SWOT
3 Year Plan	3 Year Plan

Conformance meets every two weeks on Monday:

  3:00 PM US Eastern Time
  Phone Number: +1 770-657-9270
  Pass Code: 644843
  Web meeting https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/647877325

Work Group Meetings:

Proposed Projects

Active Projects

Potential Projects

Implementation Guide Authoring Tool (NIST)
Messaging Workbench 2 - MWB2
Unified Conformance Guidance for HL7 Product Lines (previously "Refinement, Constraint, and Localization - version 3").
Functional Requirement Specification Guidance Document

Closed Projects