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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the MetadataResource Resource.
| MetadataResource | |
| Definition | Common Interface declaration for conformance and knowledge artifact resources. |
| Short Display | Common Interface declaration for definitional resources |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | CanonicalResource |
| Summary | false |
| 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. |
| Short Display | When the {{title}} was approved by publisher |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | date |
| Summary | false |
| Comments | The 'date' element may be more recent than the approval date because of minor changes or editorial corrections. See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here. |
| 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. |
| Short Display | When the {{title}} was last reviewed by the publisher |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | date |
| 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. See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here. |
| Summary | false |
| 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. |
| Short Display | When the {{title}} is expected to be used |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | Period |
| 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. |
| Summary | true |
| 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. See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here. |
| MetadataResource.topic | |
| Standards Status | This element has a standards status of "Deprecated" which is different from the status of the whole resource |
| Definition | Descriptive topics related to the content of the {{title}}. Topics provide a high-level categorization as well as keywords for the {{title}} that can be useful for filtering and searching. |
| Short Display | E.g. Education, Treatment, Assessment, etc |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Terminology Binding | Definition Topic (Example) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Requirements | Repositories must be able to determine how to categorize the {{title}} so that it can be found by topical and keyword searches. |
| Summary | false |
| Comments | This element provides topical categorization and keywords for the {{title}}, as opposed to the more structured context-of-use information provided in the useContext element. DEPRECATION NOTE: For consistency, implementations are encouraged to migrate to using the new 'topic' code in the useContext element. (I.e. useContext.code indicating http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/usage-context-type#topic and useContext.valueCodeableConcept indicating the topic) |
| MetadataResource.author | |
| Definition | An individiual or organization primarily involved in the creation and maintenance of the {{title}}. |
| Short Display | Who authored the {{title}} |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | ContactDetail |
| Summary | false |
| MetadataResource.editor | |
| Definition | An individual or organization primarily responsible for internal coherence of the {{title}}. |
| Short Display | Who edited the {{title}} |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | ContactDetail |
| Summary | false |
| MetadataResource.reviewer | |
| Definition | An individual or organization asserted by the publisher to be primarily responsible for review of some aspect of the {{title}}. |
| Short Display | Who reviewed the {{title}} |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | ContactDetail |
| Summary | false |
| Comments | See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here. |
| MetadataResource.endorser | |
| Definition | An individual or organization asserted by the publisher to be responsible for officially endorsing the {{title}} for use in some setting. |
| Short Display | Who endorsed the {{title}} |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | ContactDetail |
| Summary | false |
| Comments | See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements here. |
| MetadataResource.relatedArtifact | |
| Definition | Related artifacts such as additional documentation, justification, dependencies, bibliographic references, and predecessor and successor artifacts. |
| Short Display | Additional documentation, citations, etc |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | RelatedArtifact |
| 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. |
| Summary | false |
| Comments | Each related artifact is either an attachment, or a reference to another resource, but not both. |