Stream: implementers
Topic: Profile version vs id
Travis Stenerson (Apr 02 2018 at 16:12):
Should a profile's version be reflected in the profile ID? What is best practice as far as the name and ID field when you are creating a new version of the same profile? Or what section of the documentation instructs on this?
Lloyd McKenzie (Apr 02 2018 at 16:46):
The StructureDefinition.url (canonical URL) and StructureDefinition.version (business version) are what determine identity. The id will vary from server to server. Given that there may be multiple copies of a profile with the same canonical URL on one server (with different busienss versions), you may choose to incorporate the version into the StructureDefinition.id, but it doesn't need to be. (On some systems, the id will be an integer or a UUID)
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