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Discussion Notes from [[MnM Minutes CC 20100827|MnM Conference Call on August 27, 2010]]

==Artifact Definitions==
Ultimately need MIF-definitions for new and modifications to existing definitions to align with SAIF

==Artifacts of Interest==
At SAIF Levels:
*CIM (Computationally Independent) 
*PIM (Platform Independent) - Where M&M has its primary responsibility
*PSM (Platform specific) - 

==Observations==

*'''Question:''' At what level does target paradigm (messages/documents/services) become critical?
*:Suggest the CIM can be agnostic and the PSM MUST know its target.
*:Indicates that distinctions begin to appear at PIM level (perhaps as sets of patterns)
*'''Question:''' - what is a platform? 
*:XML schemas, java objects, 
*:(services/documents/messages are a different dimension, not platforms)   

*'''Objective:''' Allow HL7 to defer the paradigm representation as DEEP Iin the SAIF hierarchy) as possible for maximum re-use. 

==Scope of Project==
Develop Artifact Definitions that satisfy all three levels, starting with what we know best. Candidates:
*Static Models
*DAMs
*Shared models (and consistency of Use)
*Begin chewing on Interactions 
*:(particularly as they do or do not reflect our current practice) 
*:(and as they apply to the "document" paradigm).