Clarify use of item text for groups

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive
    • Priority: High
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • STU3
    • FHIR Infrastructure
    • Questionnaire
    • Brian Postlethwaite/Eric Haas: 8-0-0
    • Enhancement
    • Non-substantive
    • STU3

      In order to improve consistency for rendering, guidance should be added regarding use of item.text elements for group-type items. The current element definition for item.text is:

      "The name of a section, the text of a question or text content for a display item."

      The use of "section" presumably means an item with type = group. Add guidance in this definition, or in the resource description, to recommend that group-type items limit the text element to a short string suitable for display as a section heading. Without such guidance, implementers may use item.text for a group to include longer instructions. Also recommend adding guidance that group item instructions should be included as a display type item within the group.

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            Reporter:
            Dave Carlson
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