Stream: fhir/infrastructure-wg
Topic: resource or datatype
Virginia Lorenzi (Jun 13 2020 at 16:42):
(I have no idea where to put this so feel free to move it) How do you decide some thing should be a resource or a datatype? Seems to me there is gray. Like ValueSet, TriggerDefinition, StructureDefinition, and more. what is the logic beyond the decision? Have you ever promoted a data type to a resource or demoted a resource to a data type before?
Virginia Lorenzi (Jun 13 2020 at 16:47):
Also, resources have maturity levels but datatypes do not appear to . I can't imagine that we never add datatypes - which would therefore be quite immature - how is that tracked?
Lloyd McKenzie (Jun 13 2020 at 20:37):
Some of the thought process is here: https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Resource+Considerations
One key consideration I didn't see on that page is that resources maintain independent state.
Virginia Lorenzi (Jun 13 2020 at 22:07):
Wow - that is interesting as well as the surrounding pages but you comment makes the most sense - I guess its state and identity. Thank you. Also, what about maturity of data types - I am guessing every once in a while, there is a new datatype. My brain was a little blown by datatypes referencing resources.
Lloyd McKenzie (Jun 13 2020 at 23:41):
The bulk of the data types are now normative. There a few minor additions expected but not a lot. Most of the new data type content will likely be in complex re-useable structures like Dosage.
Virginia Lorenzi (Jun 14 2020 at 19:02):
Oh thats good. I also observed that contained resources feel a bit like data types and seem to be reused in other resources. Do you ever have contained resource versus datatype discussions?
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