FHIR Ontology and RDF Resource Representation Project

The FHIR Ontology and RDF Resource Representation Project aims to introduce a new FHIR RDF resource representation to supplement existing ones (XML/JSON). This project shall produce the following core deliverables: 1. An algorithm for expressing FHIR structure definitions (profiles, resources, extensions) and value sets as an RDF-based ontology a. FHIR ontology definition and perhaps an ontology generation algorithm b. Tooling to support the marshaling (serializing) and unmarshaling (deserializing) of FHIR structure definitions and valuesets to and from OWL/RDFS model definitions. c. E.g. what would the definition of 'Blood Pressure' look like in OWL/RDFS? 2. A FHIR RDF resource instance representation conformant to the proposed FHIR ontology a. Tooling to support the marshaling (serializing) and unmarshaling (deserializing) of RDF instance to and from the FHIR resource instances. b. E.g. what would a specific resource instance of a 'Blood Pressure' look like in RDF? 3. Example FHIR RDF instances and ontology class definitions 4. Relevant additional specification material for documentation of the above in the FHIR Core specification. a. Note: The RDF instance material above will mirror the existing XML and JSON syntax documentation.