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Topic: what does the ':' mean at the start of a line


view this post on Zulip Eric Haas (Jun 25 2020 at 23:21):

what does the ':' mean at the start of a line e,g,:

like in saner fsh file here: https://github.com/HL7/fhir-saner/blob/master/fsh/ProfileMeasure.fsh

proportion
: Use proportion to report percentages, or ratios from the (generally) same initial population.

view this post on Zulip Keith Boone (Jun 26 2020 at 00:38):

It's NOT SUSHI at all. That's part of the Markdown in the string. : at the beginning of a line signals a definition list.

view this post on Zulip Chris Moesel (Jun 26 2020 at 01:14):

Right. I was just coming in to say that lines 145-158 are all the markdown value for a comment on the scoring extension's value.


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