Stream: implementers
Topic: Use of HTML entities in JSON narrative
Ruben Pape (Mar 20 2019 at 13:35):
Hi, I have a question regarding the use of HTML entities in the narrative when using JSON as representation format. The STU3 specs mention the following about this (http://www.hl7.org/fhir/STU3/narrative.html):
"Note that the XHTML is contained in general XML so there is no support for HTML entities like or © etc. Unicode characters SHALL be used instead. Unicode   substitutes for ."
This phrase refers to a narrative in XML format, but it is unclear if the same applies to narratives in JSON. Could someone clarify this? Thanks!
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 20 2019 at 13:54):
It applies to JSON too.
Ruben Pape (Mar 20 2019 at 13:59):
Ok clear, thanks! What's the reason to apply this constraint on JSON too, if I may ask?
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 20 2019 at 15:15):
The data needs to be portable between the JSON, XML and RDF
Ruben Pape (Mar 20 2019 at 15:24):
Right, that makes sense. Thanks!
Gijsbert van den Brink (Mar 26 2019 at 10:56):
Then hapi-fhir outputs invalid JSON. When using XML, HTML entities in narratives are converted to their unicode characters, but not when using JSON. I made a bug report on GitHub a while ago: https://github.com/jamesagnew/hapi-fhir/issues/1160
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 26 2019 at 14:50):
@James Agnew
Gijsbert van den Brink (Apr 09 2019 at 10:43):
@James Agnew Can you please confirm that this is a bug in hapi-fhir? And if it is, any idea when this can be fixed?
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