Terminology

Key terminologies used in notifications

HCX Network: In the context of HCX, HCX network refers to instances of an HCX and its participating systems governed by a common network policy.

HCX Switch: Instance of the HCX gateway, implemented as per the HCX protocol, that facilitates the information exchange between its participants.

Network participants: Any platform that has implemented the HCX protocol and becomes the part of a network as above.

Schema: A JSON data structure that defines an entity as per OpenAPI 3.0 schema specifications.

FHIR Profile: A JSON data structure that defines a domain model eligible to be carried as part of JWE payload in the HCX protocol APIs.

Notification: A logical unit of information sent to relevant network participants. Notifications can be triggered by an event, activity or time trigger on the network.

Template: Message structure with placeholder for context dependent data variable that helps in standardising the message parsing on the network.

Notify: Act of sending a notification.

Registry: A tamper proof, audited collection of entries with their provenance.