Add ProfileId to ClinicalDocument

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Submitted by: Rene Spronk	Revision date: 2009-01-21
Submitted date: <<Submit Date>>	Change request ID: n.a.

Issue

The templateId of the CDA Header Act is current used for multiple purposes. One of those purposes is the identification of the implementation guide that a CDA instance complies with.

HL7 has two attributes to

1. identify the Profile (implementation guide) an instance complies with ([RIM Definition for the Message class])
2. identify the Template (a LIM) a pat of the instance complies with (RIM definition)

Recommendation

• Create RIM proposal to add a ProfileId attribute to the ClinicalDocument class.
• A Template differs from a Profile. There should be a separate attribute to identify the profile.
• This would allow the implementation guide (which is essentially a set of templates AND a series of non-software processable business rules) to be identified in a different way than a template.

Recommended Action Items

• Implement the recommendation

Resolution

(Resolution is to be recorded here and in the referenced minutes, which are the authoritative source of resolution).