HL7 V2 Implementation Guide Quality Criteria, Release 1

This document defines clear quality criteria for HL7 Version 2 implementation guides. These criteria are applied by the implementation guide authors and the appropriate HL7 committees as the implementation guides move through the standardisation and publication processes. This document identifies quality criteria for use cases, technical requirements, conformance constraints, message example validity, and implementation guide format.

Main sections:

· Overview

· Need

· Explanation of quality criteria

· Document metadata

· Context and use cases

· Technical requirements – General

· Technical requirements – Messages

· Technical requirements – Segments

· Technical requirements – Fields

· Technical requirements – Data types

· Technical requirements – Value sets

· Technical requirements – Examples