Stream: implementers
Topic: Inconsistencies with recommendation of ISO Country codes
Simone Heckmann (Aug 24 2016 at 13:43):
Here, the use of ISO 3-letter country codes is being recommended: http://hl7-fhir.github.io/datatypes.html#Address
But here, only the 2-letter system is listed: http://hl7-fhir.github.io/terminologies-systems.html
Is that an oversight or does this mean that FHIR just doesn't care? ;-)
Grahame Grieve (Aug 24 2016 at 21:13):
can you create a task for use to clarify the comment on Address please. That's a human representation, not a code (in the FHIR sense) so we just don't care that much there.
Simone Heckmann (Sep 01 2016 at 07:46):
Added GF#10462
Robert McClure (Sep 01 2016 at 21:02):
@Grahame Grieve Actually, it's not the human representation - it's the code because this is an example of Lloyd's favorite type of code system - the code is a mnemonic and is therefore the human readable too. Yes, you can also get a longer string for the name, but that part IS only for human representation. As you know this country code situation has been underfoot for a long time and saying it's simply a choice of which description to use is not gonna work here.
Grahame Grieve (Sep 01 2016 at 21:28):
This is not a coded field. you know that? This is a string field, which a text note that sometimes people use a mnemonic in this element and that's ok.
Robert McClure (Sep 01 2016 at 22:32):
Ah - didn't know that...
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