Errata:
Definition: Errata is the vehicle by which a technical correction is published
An HL7 errata is a package of documents that conveys the application of a technical correction to one or more published versions of a standard.
It is formalized using both :
The CTO Errata Cover Letter is addressed to the member who downloads/accesses the standard.
It contains
- The date the letter was published
- The published formal name of the standard
- A link to the published document/standard being referenced
- A paragraph describing the Work Group's plan plan to apply the correction to future ballots/publications
- A list of the change(s).
- A manifest of the file(s) included in the package which document(s) the change(s).
- Technical Guidance and clarification notes
- The signature of the CTO
What to do when a specification is BAP (broken as published) (formerly technical correction)
Non-substantive technical corrections to a balloted specification published as Normative involve correcting changes that alters a document so that it says what the Work Group intended to say. It includes edits that:
- were not made,
- were incorrectly made
- were inconsistently made during the editing process.
Substantive technical corrections to a balloted specification published as Normative can be made:
- By re-balloting
Changes to a balloted specification published as STU can be made:
- By technical corrections and the errata process
- By using the STU update process, whether substantive or not.
- By re-balloting.
Changes to a balloted specification published as Informative may be made:
- By technical corrections and the errata process
- By re-balloting.