This page describes the FHIR tooling eco-system

Note that the FHIR tooling eco-system is a set of disparate tools that are linked by the conformance resources.

Terminology Tooling Ecosystem

Terminology Service (see [official definition])
- CRUD on value sets, concept maps & naming systems
- expansion / lookup / validation / translation / closure
- cds-hook catalogue: reference value set, reference display code
- candidates: Health Intersections, Apelon, Art-Decor, VSAC, ??
Terminology registry (does this need to be a terminology service too?)
- curated publication
- voting/comment/review
- candidates: Health Intersections, Furore?, trifoloa?
Value Set / Concept Map Editor
- find value sets or concept maps (file / registry)
- display them
- edit them
- import / export from other formats
  - excel
  - ?
- perform terminology operations while editing (speculative evaluation)
- save resource (file / registry - e.g. publish)
- candidates: Health Intersections, Apelon, VSAC, Art-Decor

Conformance / Design Tooling Ecosystem

Conformance Service
- CRUD on StructureDefinition, Conformance, OperationDefinition, SearchParameter, ImplementationGuide, TestScript, DataElement
- Operations: $generate-snapshot, $questionnaire (for profiles), $publish (for ImplementationGuide), $compare (StructureDefinitions, OperationDefinitions, Conformance)
- cds-hook catalogue: reference StructureDefinition | DataElement
- candidates: Health Intersections, Furore?
Testing Service
- Test servers
- test clients
- Candidates: TouchStone, Crucible
Conformance Registry
- curated publication
- voting/comment/review
- candidates: Furore
Profile Editor
- details...
Data Element Editor (is this different to Profile Editor?)
Conformance Statement Editor
OperationDefinition Editor
Search Parameter Editor (?)