This is a proposal for structure document naming conventions for HL7 Australia work products. 

Document Types

• HL7AUSD - HL7 Australia Standard Document
• HL7AUHB - HL7 Australia Handbook
• HL7AUIG - HL7 Australia Implementation Guide

Publishing Status

• CID - Continuous Integration Document - this is a live document subject to change at any time
• DFC - Draft for Comment or QA Review - review version only not intended for release
• STU - Standard for Trial Use - suitable for use in systems
• STD - Normative Standard - ballot approved standard 
• IUD - Informative Use Document - informative material

Document Designation

Examples - scope of interest group; project or other - allocated by sponsors of project - working group, board, project or other

• OO - orders and obsevation
• FHIR - HL7 AU FHIR IG

Versioning

• optional - none for constant integration
• <month>.<year> (IG style snapshot)
• <major>.<minor> (IG STU/Normative release)
• or <year>.<revision> (classic HL7 V2 specification style)

Title

• Worded Title - full title text e.g. Australian Diagnostics and Referral Messaging - Localisation of HL7 Version 2.4
• Short Reference - document designator chosen for this document family; e.g. ADRM

Formal Naming

• Document Type - short code for document scope of interest
• Publishing Status - short code for status
• Document Designation - short code for document scope of interest
• Short Reference  - document family short reference name
• Version - optional one of the version options

Examples

• HL7AUSD-DFC-OO-ADRM-2018.1    release of OO AU diagnostics and referral messaging, draft for comment
• HL7AUIG-CIB-FHIR-BASE    release of the constant integration build of FHIR base IG
• HL7AUIG-DFC-FHIR-BASE-MAR.2018   snapshot release of the FHIR base IG for march 2018
• HL7AUIG-STU-FHIR-BASE-1.0   STU release for the FHIR base IG v1.0
• HL7AUIG-STU-FHIR-PD-1.0  STU release of the FHIR Provider Directory IG v1.0

Publication Formats

• PDF
• HTML (Wiki workspace snapshot)
• HTML (Static site publication)

Title Text

• Document Title should include 
  • Worded Title 
  • Optional document Version
  • Option Recommend Month of Publication
  • Option Recommend Year of Publication
• Subtitle shall be 
  • Standard Type (full wording)
  • Publishing Status (full wording)
    
    e.g.

Australian Diagnostics and Referral Messaging - Localisation of HL7 Version 2.4 2018

HL7 Australia Standard Document - Draft for Comment

Australian Base Profiles Implementation Guide

HL7 Australia Implementation Guide - Continuous Integration Build

Footer Text

• Formal Naming Reference e.g. 
  
  • HL7AUSD-DFC-OO-ADRM-2018.1