Improve the mechanism for auto-generating StructureDefinition ids in build tool

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]
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    • Grahame Grieve / Ewout Kramer : 7-0-1
    • Enhancement
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    • DSTU1 [deprecated]

      The auto-generated StructureDefinition ids are repetative and not self-explanatory. For example:

      _ http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/condition-qicore-qicore-condition _ (from http://hl7-fhir.github.io/condition-qicore-qicore-condition.html)

      The words "qicore" and "condition" and duplicated in what appears to be a lovel example of the poetic technique of "chiasmus" (but FHIR is no poem). I don't have a clear solution here, but the general approach would be:

      1. Try to come up with a terser and better-structured way to auto-generate names, or

      2. Allow profile authors to provide explicit "hints" that could overcome the limititations of auto-generation.

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            Reporter:
            Josh Mandel
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