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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-38119

Inconsistency In Naming Profiles

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    • US QI Core (FHIR)
    • 5.0.0-ballot [deprecated]
    • Clinical Quality Information
    • QI-Core Profiles
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      Consistency in naming profiles will align with US Core:

      • The profile computable name will contain no white space (e.g. QICoreAdverseEvent)
      • The title of the profiles will contain white space (e.g. QICore AdverseEvent)
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      Consistency in naming profiles will align with US Core: The profile computable name will contain no white space (e.g. QICoreAdverseEvent) The title of the profiles will contain white space (e.g. QICore AdverseEvent)
    • Stan Rankins /Juliet Rubini: 15-0-0
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    • Non-substantive

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      In some places in the specification, profile names have spaces between names while others do not. For example, refer to QICore Practitioner, which has a space in the name. QICore AdverseEvent has a space in the name. QICore Allergy Intolerance has spaces in the names. QICoreBodyStructure and QICorePractitionerRole have no spaces in the names. Other examples could be given.

      When referencing the profiles that have spaces in names, those spaces are sometimes reserved, but not always. For example, on the profile page, the profile for Practitioner is referenced as QICorePractitioner (no space), but the name of the profile is "QICore Practitioner" and is referenced as such in the DiagnosticReportLab profile (and other places). The same could be said for other profile name references that have spaces in the names. Sometimes they are referenced with the spaces, and sometimes the spaces are trimmed.

      For consistency, should an approach be adopted and used for naming profiles - e.g., no spaces? This would help when referencing the profiles.

      For consistency, should the references that currently exist in the IG preserve the spaces in the profile names?

      For consistency, should we go back and update the profile names based on whatever naming convention is determined?

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            feisenberg Floyd Eisenberg
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