Release 5 Draft Ballot

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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the MetadataResource Resource.

MetadataResource
Definition

Common Ancestor declaration for conformance and knowledge artifact resources.

Cardinality0..*
TypeCanonicalResource
Summaryfalse
MetadataResource.approvalDate
Definition

The date on which the resource content was approved by the publisher. Approval happens once when the content is officially approved for usage.

Cardinality0..1
Typedate
Summaryfalse
Comments

The 'date' element may be more recent than the approval date because of minor changes or editorial corrections.

MetadataResource.lastReviewDate
Definition

The date on which the resource content was last reviewed. Review happens periodically after approval but does not change the original approval date.

Cardinality0..1
Typedate
Requirements

Gives a sense of how "current" the content is. Resources that have not been reviewed in a long time may have a risk of being less appropriate/relevant.

Summaryfalse
Comments

If specified, this date follows the original approval date.

MetadataResource.effectivePeriod
Definition

The period during which the {{title}} content was or is planned to be in active use.

Cardinality0..1
TypePeriod
Requirements

Allows establishing a transition before a resource comes into effect and also allows for a sunsetting process when new versions of the {{title}} are or are expected to be used instead.

Summarytrue
Comments

The effective period for a {{title}} determines when the content is applicable for usage and is independent of publication and review dates. For example, a measure intended to be used for the year 2016 might be published in 2015.

MetadataResource.topic
Definition

Descriptive topics related to the content of the library. Topics provide a high-level categorization of the library that can be useful for filtering and searching.

Cardinality0..*
Terminology BindingDefinitionTopic (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Requirements

Repositories must be able to determine how to categorize the {{title}} so that it can be found by topical searches.

Summaryfalse
Comments

This element provides a topical categorization of the {{title}}, as opposed to the more structured context-of-use information provided in the useContext element

MetadataResource.author
Definition

An individiual or organization primarily involved in the creation and maintenance of the {{title}}.

Cardinality0..*
TypeContactDetail
Summaryfalse
MetadataResource.editor
Definition

An individual or organization primarily responsible for internal coherence of the {{title}}.

Cardinality0..*
TypeContactDetail
Summaryfalse
MetadataResource.reviewer
Definition

An individual or organization primarily responsible for review of some aspect of the {{title}}.

Cardinality0..*
TypeContactDetail
Summaryfalse
MetadataResource.endorser
Definition

An individual or organization responsible for officially endorsing the {{title}} for use in some setting.

Cardinality0..*
TypeContactDetail
Summaryfalse
MetadataResource.relatedArtifact
Definition

Related artifacts such as additional documentation, justification, dependencies, bibliographic references, and predecessor and successor artifacts.

Cardinality0..*
TypeRelatedArtifact
Requirements

A {{title}} must be able to provide enough information for consumers of the content (and/or interventions or results produced by the content) to be able to determine and understand the justification for and evidence in support of the content.

Summaryfalse
Comments

Each related artifact is either an attachment, or a reference to another resource, but not both.