FHIRcast
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This page is part of the FHIRcast (v2.1.0-ballot: STU3 Ballot 1) based on FHIR R4. . For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Glossary

Term Description
session an abstract concept representing a shared workspace, such as a user’s login session across multiple applications or a shared view of one application distributed to multiple users - a session results from a user logging into an application and can encompass one or more workflows
topic an identifier of a session
client an application which subscribes to and requests or receives session events
context a resource associated with a session which indicates a subject on which clients should synchronize as appropriate to their functionality
current context the context associated with a session that is active at a given time
anchor context a context that is used as a container for shared content, typical anchor contexts are resources such as Patient, Encounter, ImagingStudy, and DiagnosticReport
content resources created during a user’s interaction with the anchor context - for example, if the anchor context is an imaging study the user may make a measurement resulting in an observation containing measurement information, the shared content either directly or indirectly references the anchor context
session event a user initiated workflow event, communicated to clients, containing the current context