Stream: Touchstone
Topic: Connectathon 15 - FHIR Version
Peter Jordan (Apr 26 2017 at 03:19):
@Richard Ettema. Should I leave my server at FHIR Version 3.0.0.0 for the Madrid Connectathon, or would Touchstone handle an upgrade to FHIR Version 3.0.0.1?
Richard Ettema (Apr 27 2017 at 14:23):
@Peter Jordan There should be little to no impact to your testing in Touchstone if you upgrade your server to FHIR v3.0.1. Since FHIR v3.0.1 is now the official version I recommend you go ahead and perform the upgrade. I'll be doing the same to Touchstone over the next few days; i.e. upgrading from v3.0.0 to v3.0.1 as well as updating all the TestScripts and fixtures as needed. We should have all of this done and ready for Madrid next week.
Mario Hyland (Apr 29 2017 at 16:15):
Peter, going forward Touchstone will plan to support test scripts for each published release. So, when a FHIR software version such as R3 3.0.0 is publish, followed by 3.0.1 our test scripts are envisioned to have an instance supporting each version. Thereby allowing organizations to test both backwards-compatibility and to support future-proofing. Now, we will NEVER recommend supporting cross-version exchange between different fhir versions. But, some want to know the impact, so we recommend testing backwards-compatibility to see the results.
Mario Hyland (May 01 2017 at 03:33):
Peter, correction - R3 3.0.0 version has been unpublished for all-intents and purpose. So, if a version of FHIR is administrativeely deemed no longer valid; Touchstone will ultimately deprecate the Test Cases and version support for FHIR R3 3.0.0, in favor of 3.0.1. Sorry if I caused anyone confusion.
Michael Lawley (May 09 2017 at 02:13):
I think there's a bigger question here as to version compatibility. The implication of a semantic version like 3.0.1 is that it should be compatible with 3.0.0?
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