Vocab QA Requirements

This is the working collaboration page for documenting the issues and requirements to be addressed by the project. This page will begin to put together the ideas from which the document will eventually be produced.

Scope Items

Product Families

1. Version 2
2. Version 3
3. CDA
4. FHIR

Vocabulary Objects

1. HL7 Defined Code Systems
2. HL7 Authored and Published Value Sets

Draft list of issues for discussion

1. Multi-code system value sets and their use in extensible bindings
2. Use of value sets to control better use of null flavor
3. Value set versioning
4. Use of static binding
5. Clarify use of immutable value set: ActClassProcedure – good example
6. Not just value set – all terminology issues
7. V2 table content issues
8. Incorrect OID identifier and name of object
9. Inconsistency in naming conventions
10. Terminology source of truth for artifacts
11. Terminology in the context of ballot review

List of principles

This is a working list to document general principles to be implemented with processes to achieve a higher level of quality in the HL7 Vocabulary management processes across the product families.

1. Assessment of fitness for purpose of new value sets

• Scope and Range of proposed Value Set

1. Assessment of both fitness for purpose and possible negative effects of proposed changes