# Conformance

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## [About the Conformance category](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/about-the-conformance-category/2029)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
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Topics relating to conformance and product certification.

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## [Veredictum: a machine-readable conformance framework for openEHR](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/veredictum-a-machine-readable-conformance-framework-for-openehr/17238)

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**Author:** [@rubentalstra](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/rubentalstra)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [7 September 2026 09:04 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/veredictum-a-machine-readable-conformance-framework-for-openehr/17238 "2026-09-07T09:04:10Z")

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Hi everyone, A few days ago I posted here about FerroEHR, my Rust CDR. Since then I got feedback that pointed at a problem I had been circling for a while: my conformance test suite lived in the same repository as the s…

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## [Conformance Testing: implementation alternatives](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-testing-implementation-alternatives/2373)

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**Author:** [@pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/pablo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [19 September 2022 14:28 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-testing-implementation-alternatives/2373 "2022-09-19T14:28:58Z")

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Hi all, I did some tests trying an alternative to Robot/Python for conformance test implementation. I’m used to write tests in Spock Framework and created a couple of test cases from the Conformance Test Case Specificat…

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## [Test data set identifiers and organisation](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/test-data-set-identifiers-and-organisation/2500)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 April 2022 12:55 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/test-data-set-identifiers-and-organisation/2500 "2022-04-06T12:55:07Z")

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All, I have been looking at the question of organising the \_resources area more systematically for the openEHR copy of the EhrBase test framework. Today it looks like this: So all those files in the first group rea…

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## [openEHR conformance verification design document](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-conformance-verification-design-document/2285)

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**Author:** [@pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/pablo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2022 00:33 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-conformance-verification-design-document/2285 "2022-02-16T00:33:27Z")

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Hi all! Next week I’ll release a document based on the openEHR conformance work I’ve done for HiGHmed and the exchange at had with openEHR SEC members. This document will help companies to prepare to the openEHR Conforma…

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## [Conformance Schedule progress - data types](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-schedule-progress-data-types/2358)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
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**Last updated:** [14 February 2022 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-schedule-progress-data-types/2358 "2022-02-14T16:09:53Z")

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Due to @pablo’s ongoing work, I have been able to add his data types content tests to the openEHR Conformance test schedule. The Content conformance section is here. These test cases now all have formal identifiers with…

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## [Progress - robot tests - new ids](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/progress-robot-tests-new-ids/2280)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [20 January 2022 18:11 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/progress-robot-tests-new-ids/2280 "2022-01-20T18:11:10Z")

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The copy of EhrBase robot scripts now in the openEHR Conformance repo have been given new identifiers as per the SEC-agreed approach. You can see them here. This organisation of test scripts follows the structure of the …

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## [Conformance Guide - initial draft](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-guide-initial-draft/2241)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 January 2022 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-guide-initial-draft/2241 "2022-01-08T13:33:12Z")

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A first somewhat coherent but still very rough draft of a Conformance Guide is now up. This is the README document for the conformance specifications it is based on the older conformance draft and newer content from @pab…

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## [Conformance Framework description](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-framework-description/2239)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 January 2022 17:19 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-framework-description/2239 "2022-01-05T17:19:30Z")

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I have done some thinking on how to document the conformance specifications and framework in some detail, based on some of @pablo 's original ideas. You can see his diagrams in the current (very draft) Conformance Guide,…

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## [Status Update - merged WIP](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/status-update-merged-wip/2240)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
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**Last updated:** [3 January 2022 20:18 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/status-update-merged-wip/2240 "2022-01-03T20:18:46Z")

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I have merged working changes from the branch into master, so you will now see three documents in the Conformance Component. They are all still rough, but taking shape. This merge means you can access the working state o…

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## [EHR/DIRECTORY API proposals (Pablo)](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ehr-directory-api-proposals-pablo/2160)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
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**Last updated:** [9 December 2021 16:06 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ehr-directory-api-proposals-pablo/2160 "2021-12-09T16:06:43Z")

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The following is an annex from @pablo’s conformance documentation for EHR service directory sub-component (i.e. the part of the EHR API for handling EHR.directory). I’m moving this here to get it out of the specification…

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## [Why is archetype provisioning included in conformance?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/why-is-archetype-provisioning-included-in-conformance/2117)

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**Author:** [@Seref](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Seref)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [29 November 2021 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/why-is-archetype-provisioning-included-in-conformance/2117 "2021-11-29T10:34:20Z")

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Not sure if this is the correct coordinate (given github and all forum categories we have) but let me try here first: Why is the conformance spec including archetype operations? I can understand opt operations, as we’ve…

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## [openEHR Conformance / Conformance Levels / Conformance Scopes](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-conformance-conformance-levels-conformance-scopes/1616)

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**Author:** [@pablo](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/pablo)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [25 November 2021 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-conformance-conformance-levels-conformance-scopes/1616 "2021-11-25T09:36:04Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been working for a while in the CONFORMANCE framework for HiGHmed, and now we are having interest in this area from Solit-Clouds, and having some extended conformance discussions internally. So there are so…

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## [Feedback about current conformance tests](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/feedback-about-current-conformance-tests/2089)

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**Author:** [@ndanilin](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/ndanilin)\
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**Last updated:** [19 November 2021 15:03 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/feedback-about-current-conformance-tests/2089 "2021-11-19T15:03:39Z")

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Hi everybody. Duplicate here our email discussion. On the last call, you talked about feedback on conformance tests. We analyzed difficulties that we had met in tests run from the “develop” branch of the “EHR base” re…

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## [Test case identifiers and text description](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/test-case-identifiers-and-text-description/2039)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
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**Last updated:** [7 November 2021 18:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/test-case-identifiers-and-text-description/2039 "2021-11-07T18:57:29Z")

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I decided to have a look at the robot test case files, e.g. here. I discovered the directories have names like ‘B.1\_CREATE\_EHR’ and the files have names like ‘B.1\_\_a)\_New\_EHR.robot’. In the meta-data documentation I see…

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## [Conformance to CKM models?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-to-ckm-models/2021)

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**Author:** [@heather.leslie](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/heather.leslie)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2021 13:05 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-to-ckm-models/2021 "2021-11-05T13:05:41Z")

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Hi all, Following on from some recent discussions about reuse of the CKM published models, I’m curious about whether we can explore conformance to the CKM published archetypes… Would vendors consider making public whi…

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## [Conformance roadmap 2021](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-roadmap-2021/1851)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 October 2021 15:24 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/conformance-roadmap-2021/1851 "2021-10-13T15:24:59Z")

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\[this post is a wiki, you can modify directly if desired\] Discussion thread for approaching formal conformance specifications, tools, test environments etc. The openEHR board has agreed to formally support a conformance…
