Patent Publication Number: US-11031138-B2

Title: System and method for generating data resources in a processing system

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     I. Technical Field 
     The present subject matter relates to clinical resource generation. 
     II. Background Art 
     Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is an HL7 (“Health Level Seven International”) standard for building electronic clinical documents. Consolidated-CDA (C-CDA or CCDA) was subsequently developed to address shortcomings with the original CDA standard. CCDA document formats are a common way to exchange clinical information, in part due to the Meaningful Use Stage Two (MU2) criteria which call out use of C-CDA documents for particular types of information exchange. 
     Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a recent standard for clinical messaging/interoperability in which healthcare information is conveyed electronically (see https://www.hl7.org/fhir/overview.html). FHIR provides, at its base level, a certain degree of specificity for fundamental atoms of information in clinical messaging, thus providing a representation for clinical information that allows for interchange of information at levels more granular than an entire document. The basic FHIR standard allows for specific profiles of information to be used by different entities. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY 
     Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for clinical resource generation using ontology models in processing systems, substantially as shown in and/or described herein in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS/FIGURES 
       The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments and, together with the description, further serve to explain the principles of the embodiments and to enable a person skilled in the pertinent art to make and use the embodiments. 
         FIG. 1  shows a block diagram of a computer system that includes a resource generator system, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  shows a block diagram of a network of computer systems that includes a resource generator system, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  shows a block diagram of a resource generator system, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 4  shows a flowchart of a method for clinical resource generation, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 5  shows a resource generation system execution flow, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 6  shows a flowchart of a method for clinical resource generation, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  shows a flowchart of a method for clinical resource generation, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 8  shows a flowchart of a method for clinical resource generation, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 9  shows an ontology model, according to an example embodiment. 
         FIG. 10  shows a block diagram of a processing device/system in which the techniques disclosed herein may be performed and the embodiments herein may be utilized. 
     
    
    
     Embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numbers indicate identical or functionally similar elements. Additionally, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the drawing in which the reference number first appears. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     I. Introduction 
     The present specification discloses numerous example embodiments. The scope of the present patent application is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but also encompasses combinations of the disclosed embodiments, as well as modifications to the disclosed embodiments. 
     References in the specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “an example embodiment,” etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described. 
     Furthermore, it should be understood that spatial descriptions (e.g., “above,” “below,” “up,” “left,” “right,” “down,” “top,” “bottom,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” etc.) used herein are for purposes of illustration only, and that practical implementations of the structures described herein can be spatially arranged in any orientation or manner. 
     Still further, it should be noted that the drawings/figures are not drawn to scale unless otherwise noted herein. 
     Numerous exemplary embodiments are now described. Any section/subsection headings provided herein are not intended to be limiting. Embodiments are described throughout this document, and any type of embodiment may be included under any section/subsection. Furthermore, it is contemplated that the disclosed embodiments may be combined with each other in any manner. That is, the embodiments described herein are not mutually exclusive of each other and may be practiced and/or implemented alone, or in any combination. 
     II. Example Embodiments 
     The example techniques and embodiments described herein may be adapted to various types of systems and devices, for example but without limitation, computing systems (e.g., computers/computing devices such as desktops, laptops, etc., and servers, enterprise computing systems, etc.), communication devices (e.g., cellular and smart phones, etc.), and/or the like, that communicate information, such as in accordance with communication standards. For instance, computing systems that communicate over a network and exchange clinical information in accordance with the CCDA standard may be configured according to the described embodiments and techniques. While the embodiments herein may be described with respect to various computing systems and implementations as conceptual and/or illustrative examples for descriptive consistency, other types of electronic and communication devices and implementations are also contemplated for implementing the disclosed techniques. It is contemplated herein that in various embodiments and with respect to the illustrated figures of this disclosure, one or more components described and/or shown may not be included and that additional components may be included. 
     The example techniques and embodiments described herein provide for clinical resource generation using ontology models, e.g., such as FHIR resource generation using ontology models that map to information contained in CCDA documents, in processing systems. The processing systems may be a host entity such as a server or host server, as well as other server/client processing devices of requestors for clinical resource generation, e.g., computing devices, of a trading partner(s), a vendor service(s), a doctor or doctor&#39;s office (including nurses and/or other staff), and/or another third-party entity(ies). The processing systems and/or users thereof may receive CCDA documents (e.g., in extensible markup language (XML) format) containing clinical information about various patients. The clinical information may include information like patient name, address, title, contact information, age, gender, clinical observations from doctor visits (e.g., weight, temperature, blood pressure, symptoms, diagnoses, and/or the like), prescriptions of the patient, etc. CCDA provides a structured identification system for clinical information using identifiers, e.g., tags, paired with information strings. For instance, an example patient name may be represented in a CCDA document as: 
                                        &lt;patient&gt;            &lt;name&gt;             &lt;given&gt;Paulina&lt;/given&gt;             &lt;family&gt;Coffin&lt;/family&gt;            &lt;/name&gt;            . . .           &lt;/patient&gt;                    
Such identifiers and associated strings may be referred to herein as information-value pairs where the identifier tag describes of what type the information is and the value is the string. It should be noted that for a given type of information in an information-value pair, many values may be included in a CCDA for different people associated with the clinical data, such as, but without limitation, doctors, nurses, patients, legal guardians, etc.
 
     However, the organizational structure of information in CCDA documents is not strictly defined. As an example, a patient name, such as the patient name noted above, may be included at different sections for different CCDA documents of various patients. As another example, an observation in one section of a CCDA document may be contained within organizer/composition components, but in another section be contained in act/entryRelationship components, and in yet other sections the observation information may be in neither these components. Hence, the program needs to be able to handle all the structures in a CCDA within which an observation may occur. In other words, names, dates, observations, and other information of interest to insurance providers, doctors/prescribers, pharmacists, pharmacy benefits management (PBM) entities, and/or other types of health care providers, may reside in various parts of any given CCDA document. Compounding this issue is the sheer volume of data that may be included in a given CCDA document, which essential, which may include tens or even hundreds of pages of clinical information without predictable organization. 
     For instance, continuing with the patient name example above, a CCDA document (“Example CCDA Document”) for a single clinical observation, a measured body weight, for the patient is provided as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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                 href=“https://name.caregroup.org/dyna/CCDA/CDA.XSL”?&gt; 
               
               
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                      &lt;family&gt;Coffin&lt;/family&gt; 
               
               
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                     &lt;name&gt;Boston General Hospital&lt;/name&gt; 
               
               
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                      &lt;suffix qualifier=“TITLE”&gt;MD&lt;/suffix&gt; 
               
               
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                     &lt;name&gt;Boston General Hospital&lt;/name&gt; 
               
               
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                  &lt;custodian&gt; 
               
               
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                    &lt;representedCustodianOrganization&gt; 
               
               
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                     &lt;name&gt;Boston General Hospital&lt;/name&gt; 
               
               
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                      &lt;prefix&gt;Dr. &lt;/prefix&gt; 
               
               
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                      &lt;suffix qualifier=“TITLE”&gt;MD&lt;/suffix&gt; 
               
               
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                        &lt;prefix&gt;Dr. &lt;/prefix&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;given&gt;Amanda &lt;/given&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;family&gt;Hachem&lt;/family&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;suffix qualifier=“TITLE”&gt;MD&lt;/suffix&gt; 
               
               
                       &lt;/name&gt; 
               
               
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                 codeSystem=“2.16.840.1.113883.12.443” /&gt; 
               
               
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                 /&gt; 
               
               
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                 extension=“1855165365” /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;addr /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;telecom /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;assignedPerson&gt; 
               
               
                       &lt;name&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;given&gt;Maisa &lt;/given&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;family&gt;Hachem&lt;/family&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;suffix qualifier=“TITLE”&gt;NP&lt;/suffix&gt; 
               
               
                       &lt;/name&gt; 
               
               
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                 codeSystem=“2.16.840.1.113883.12.443” /&gt; 
               
               
                     &lt;assignedEntity&gt; 
               
               
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                 /&gt; 
               
               
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                 extension=“1855165365” /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;addr /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;telecom /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;assignedPerson&gt; 
               
               
                       &lt;name&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;prefix&gt;Dr. &lt;/prefix&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;given&gt;Maisa &lt;/given&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;family&gt;Washington&lt;/family&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;suffix qualifier=“TITLE”&gt;MD&lt;/suffix&gt; 
               
               
                       &lt;/name&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;/assignedPerson&gt; 
               
               
                     &lt;/assignedEntity&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;/performer&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/serviceEvent&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/documentationOf&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;componentOf&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;encompassingEncounter&gt; 
               
               
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                 /&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;effectiveTime&gt; 
               
               
                     &lt;low value=“20140702” /&gt; 
               
               
                     &lt;high value=“20140704” /&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;/effectiveTime&gt; 
               
               
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                 Discharge” codeSystemName=“UB92”&gt; 
               
               
                     &lt;originalText&gt;ADMITTED&lt;/originalText&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;/dischargeDispositionCode&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/encompassingEncounter&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/componentOf&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;component&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;structuredBody&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;component&gt; 
               
               
                     &lt;section&gt; 
               
               
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                 /&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;title&gt;Vital Signs&lt;/title&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;text&gt;&lt;/text&gt; 
               
               
                      &lt;entry typeCode=“COMP”&gt; 
               
               
                       &lt;organizer classCode=“CLUSTER” moodCode=“EVN”&gt; 
               
               
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                 /&gt; 
               
               
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                 extension=“102481-S-3-dt-14003” /&gt; 
               
               
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                 codeSystem=“2.16.840.1.113883.6.96” displayName=“Vital signs” 
               
               
                 codeSystemName=“SNOMED CT” /&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;statusCode code=“completed” /&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;effectiveTime value=“20140703” /&gt; 
               
               
                        &lt;component&gt; 
               
               
                         &lt;observation classCode=“OBS” moodCode=“EVN”&gt; 
               
               
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                 root=“2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.27” /&gt; 
               
               
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                 extension=“102481-OMR-19” /&gt; 
               
               
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                 codeSystem=“2.16.840.1.113883.6.1” codeSystemName=“LOINC” 
               
               
                 displayName=“BODY WEIGHT (MEASURED)” /&gt; 
               
               
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     The FHIR standard was promulgated to provide for communications having a certain degree of specificity for fundamental atoms of information in clinical messaging. That is, messaging between computer systems and querying databases that use FHIR includes the exchange and querying of clinical information that may relate to a number of defined “resources” associated with patients, practitioners, appointments, clinical observations, clinical documents, medications, accounts, and/or the like, as defined by the FHIR standard. For instance, FHIR patient resources may include information about a patient like patient name, address, title, contact information, age, gender, clinical observations from doctor visits (e.g., measured body weight, temperature, and blood pressure, symptoms, diagnoses, and/or the like), prescriptions of the patient, etc. A FHIR resource also utilizes libraries with objects that represent the resource. Generally, FHIR resources also include metadata (e.g., in formats such as, but without limitation, XML format) that describes different aspects of the resources. That is, the metadata may describe the structure and components of the resource (e.g., properties of the resource such as, but not limited to, a first property for a resource being an identification field, while a second property for the resource is a patient&#39;s last name, and a third property for the resource is a patient&#39;s first name, etc.), rather than actual informational values associated the resource (e.g., Resource ID=123456, Last name=“Berger”, and First name=“Devin”). 
     As described herein with respect to embodiments, clinical information may be exchanged between computer systems and/or queried against a database of FHIR resources according to the FHIR standard. Utilizing a standard Resource Description Framework (RDF) model, along with mapping information corresponding to a CCDA document, instances of FHIR resources and resource bundles for specific information from CCDA documents, including but not limited to clinical observations, can be automatically generated according to the described techniques and embodiments herein. 
     For instance, in  FIG. 1 , a block diagram of a network of computer systems  100  that includes a resource generator system  104  is shown, according to an embodiment. Network of computer systems  100  includes a host server  102  that may include one or more processing devices such as, but not limited to, servers, resource generator system  104 , and a requestor system  106  that may also include one or more processing devices such as, but not limited to, servers and client devices such as laptop/desktop computers and computer terminals, personal handheld devices, etc. Host server  102  may be communicatively coupled or linked to requestor system  106  via a communication link  108 . 
     Host server  102  may comprise one or more computers/servers of a host entity facilitating access to resource generator system  104  by remote computer systems such as requestor system  106 , according to embodiments. Host server  102  may include geographically distributed computers/servers, a rack server system(s), a stand-alone server, etc. 
     Requestor system  106  may comprise one or more computers/servers of an entity, such as a trading partner(s), a vendor service(s), a doctor or doctor&#39;s office (including nurses and/or other staff), as noted above, that desires to request clinical resource generation related to CCDA documents for patients from host server  102  over communication link  108 . 
     Communication link  108  may comprise at least one network or direct communication connection, or any combination thereof, between host server  102  and requestor system  106  that enables communication messages such as requests for generation of clinical resources and associated responses, as described herein, to be exchanged. As used herein, the term “messages” includes resources such as clinical resources, data, information, packets, and/or the like, related to messaging such as clinical messaging, transmitted and/or received according to any communication standard or protocol, or according to ad hoc communications. In embodiments, communication link  108  may comprise wired and/or wireless portions of one or more networks such as networks of the host entity and requestors, including enterprise networks, the Internet, etc. 
     Resource generator system  104  may comprise hardware and/or software components configured to automatically generate clinical resources, as described herein. For instance, in embodiments, resource generator system  104  is configured to automatically generate clinical resources, e.g., based on the FHIR standard (FHIR resources), at host server  102  based on a request from remote computer system  106 , although it is contemplated herein that resource generator system  104  is also configured to generate resources without explicit requests therefor. Resource generator system  104  is configured to perform this function by utilizing an ontology model (e.g., through RDF) of the FHIR standard with information in one or more documents, e.g., CCDA documents, received from remote computer system  106 , and/or stored at host server  102 . The ontology model is a uniform RDF model for the FHIR standard, as described herein, and provides a characterization of relationships within the FHIR standard, FHIR resources, and FHIR resource values. After a CCDA document is utilized to automatically generate an object model document having information-value pairs for data thereof by resource generator system  104 , resource generator system  104  automatically assigns path definitions for the information-value pairs to map the pairs to objects in the ontology model. Resource generator system  104  is configured to then automatically generate an instance model for the FHIR standard that is specific to the CCDA document based on the mapping. The instance model includes corresponding clinical resources according to the FHIR standard for each of the information-value pairs. 
     Generated instance models may be stored by resource generator system  104  in one or more processing devices and/or storage devices described herein. When stored, the instance models may be utilized when queries from requestors or processing devices of the host entity are received for specific clinical resources associated with patients, e.g., upon being saved in one or more databases. Additionally, the instance models may be utilized to generate FHIR resources and/or FHIR resource bundles, as described in further detail below. 
     Resource generator system  104  is also configured to automatically cause activation of a communication interface (not shown but described elsewhere herein) to execute functionality thereof and provide FHIR resources and/or FHIR resource bundles to requestors, e.g., over communication link  108 . 
     It is contemplated herein, according to embodiments, that host server  102  and resource generator system  104  may together comprise one or more servers that perform the described functionality of resource generator system  104 , as well as other functionality for a host entity, or may be a single server performing either or both of these types of functionality. Other relational configurations of host server  102  and resource generator system  104  are also contemplated herein, as would be understood by a person of skill in the relevant art(s) having the benefit of this disclosure. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 2 , a block diagram of a network of computer systems  200  that includes a resource generator system  204  is shown, according to an embodiment. Network of computer systems  200  may be a further embodiment of network of computer systems  100  of  FIG. 1 . Network of computer systems  200  includes a host server  202 , resource generator system  204 , a requestor  206 , and a requestor  208 . Host provider  202 , requestor  206 , and requestor  208  may be communicatively coupled or linked each other via a network  210 . 
     Host server  202  may be a further embodiment of host server  102  of  FIG. 1 , and, for the purposes of illustration for  FIG. 2 , is configured the same, or substantially the same, as host server  102  above. Resource generator system  204  may be a further embodiment of resource generator system  104  of  FIG. 1 , and, for the purposes of illustration for  FIG. 2 , is configured the same, or substantially the same, as resource generator system  104  above. Requestor  206  and requestor  208  may each be a further embodiment of requestor  106  of  FIG. 1 , and for the purposes of illustration for  FIG. 2  is configured the same, or substantially the same, as requestor  106  above. 
     Network  210  may be a further embodiment of communication link  108  of  FIG. 1 . Network  210  may comprise at least one network and/or direct connection (i.e., a communication link), or any combination thereof. That is, network  210  may be any combination of the Internet, the “cloud,” direct communication links, business and/or enterprise networks, and/or the like. 
     As noted, network  210  is configured to communicatively couple host server  202 , requestor  206 , and requestor  208  to each other. Accordingly, network of computer systems  200  is configured as a further embodiment of network of computer systems  100  in that resource generator system  204  is configured to automatically generate FHIR resources and FHIR resource bundles based on CCDA documents received from any system communicatively coupled to resource generator system  204 , including host server  202 , requestor  206 , and requestor  208 , similarly as described above for resource generator system  104  of  FIG. 1 . 
     For instance, an example scenario is now described in the context of network of computer devices  200  as shown in  FIG. 2 . Host server  202  may receive one or more CCDA documents and/or requests/queries for clinical information from requestor  206  and/or requestor  208 . Requestor  206  and/or requestor  208  may provide one or more CCDA documents from which resource generator system  204  generates FHIR resources and/or FHIR resource documents, or requestor  206  and/or requestor  208  may request/query resource generator system  204  for clinical information in FHIR format that was previously provided to resource generator system  204  in one or more CCDA documents. For example, a health care provider may provide the Example CCDA Document shown above on for patient Paulina Coffin that includes a measured body weight clinical observation. Subsequently, requestor  206  may provide a request/query to host server  202  for a FHIR resource corresponding to the last measured body weight observation for the patient. Prior to, or responsive to, the request/query from requestor  206 , resource generator system  204  may utilize the Example CCDA Document to generate a FHIR instance model corresponding thereto, and to generate a consumable FHIR resource or FHIR resource bundle to be returned to requestor  206 . 
     Further extending this example, subsequent to the FHIR resource or FHIR resource bundle being returned to requestor  206 , requestor  208  may also request/query host server  202  for the measured body weight clinical observation of the patient. Resource generator system  204  may provide the already-generated FHIR resource or FHIR resource bundle to requestor  208 . 
     Still referring to  FIG. 2 , while shown for illustrative simplicity and brevity as including a single host provider (e.g., host server  202 ) and two remote computer systems (requestors  206 / 208 ), it is contemplated herein that network of computer systems  200  may include more or fewer of any of these components in embodiments. 
     The described techniques and embodiments provide for automatically generating clinical observation resources, e.g., in a FHIR format, from documents that are not in the FHIR format, e.g., CCDA documents. The described embodiments and techniques allow for reduced development time from IT/engineering teams of an entity for creating FHIR models of CCDA documents from which FHIR resources and FHIR resource bundles are generated. The described embodiments and techniques may be configured and scaled to accommodate multiple CCDA documents, as well as different document formatting standards, such as, but not limited to, CCDA and FHIR. 
     Systems, devices, and apparatuses contemplated herein, such as systems, devices, and apparatuses that include resource generator systems and/or components thereof, may be configured in various ways for generating clinical resource information objects according to the described techniques and embodiments, e.g., from CCDA documents. Techniques and embodiments are provided for implementation in and with devices, apparatuses, and systems that utilize networks to communicate with other devices, apparatuses, and systems. For instance, in embodiments, resource generator systems according to the described techniques and embodiments may be implemented in devices, apparatuses, and systems such as those enumerated herein, to generate clinical resource information objects for unrelated computer systems over a communication link such as a network or the Internet. 
     The techniques and embodiments described herein provide for improvements in generating clinical resource information objects, such as but without limitation, generating clinical resource information objects according to the FHIR standard from CCDA documents. 
     For instance, methods, systems, circuits, devices, and apparatuses are provided for resource generator systems. A system in accordance with an example aspect is described. The system includes a memory configured to store program instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the program instructions to perform a method. The method performed includes receiving a document that includes clinical information and that is structured in accordance with a first standard format, and generating an object model document to include at least one information-value pair of a plurality information-value pairs that each comprise an information identifier and an associated value string that are included in the document. The method also includes assigning path definitions for each of the at least one information-value pair that define mappings between the at least one information-value pair in the object model document and objects of an ontology model having a second standard format, and generating an instance model of the ontology model that is representative of the document and that is in the second standard format based on the path definitions. The generating further includes creating objects for the instance model, and providing values to the objects for the instance model corresponding to each of the at least one information-value pair. 
     In embodiments, the method of the system further includes generating resources in accordance with the second standard format from the objects for the instance model. 
     In embodiments, in the method of the system, creating objects for the instance model includes creating a number of objects based on a request for information that corresponds to a same number of information-value pairs. 
     In embodiments, in the method of the system, the first standard format is CCDA (Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture) and the second standard format FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). 
     In embodiments, the method of the system further includes generating a FHIR resource bundle, that includes the clinical information represented in the document, as FHIR resources within a FHIR document resource. In embodiments, the method of the system further includes storing the FHIR resource bundle in a database, and providing access to the database to accept queries for specific ones of the FHIR resources. In embodiments, in the method of the system, the document is one of a plurality of documents in accordance with the first standard format that are stored in a repository, and a first information identifier of a first information-value pair in a first section of the document is the same as a second information identifier of a second information-value pair in a second section of another document in the repository. 
     In embodiments, in the method of the system, the ontology model comprises an RDF model. 
     A computer-implemented method in accordance with an example aspect is described. The method includes receiving a document that includes clinical information and that is structured in accordance with a first standard format, and generating an object model document to include at least one information-value pair of a plurality information-value pairs that each comprise an information identifier and an associated value string that are included in the document. The method also includes assigning path definitions for each of the at least one information-value pair that define mappings between the at least one information-value pair in the object model document and objects of an ontology model having a second standard format, and generating an instance model of the ontology model that is representative of the document and that is in the second standard format based on the path definitions. The generating further includes creating objects for the instance model, and providing values to the objects for the instance model corresponding to each of the at least one information-value pair. 
     In embodiments, the computer-implemented method further includes generating resources in accordance with the second standard format from the objects for the instance model. 
     In embodiments, in the computer-implemented method, creating objects for the instance model includes creating a number of objects based on a request for information that corresponds to a same number of information-value pairs. 
     In embodiments, in the computer-implemented method, the first standard format is CCDA and the second standard format is FHIR, and the method further includes generating a FHIR resource bundle, that includes the clinical information represented in the document, as FHIR resources within a FHIR document resource. 
     A computer-readable storage medium encoded with program instructions in accordance with an example aspect is described. The program instructions, when executed by one or more processors, performs a computer-implemented method. The method includes receiving a document that includes clinical information and that is structured in accordance with a first standard format, and generating an object model document to include at least one information-value pair of a plurality information-value pairs that each comprise an information identifier and an associated value string that are included in the document. The method also includes assigning path definitions for each of the at least one information-value pair that define mappings between the at least one information-value pair in the object model document and objects of an ontology model having a second standard format, and generating an instance model of the ontology model that is representative of the document and that is in the second standard format based on the path definitions. The generating further includes creating objects for the instance model, and providing values to the objects for the instance model corresponding to each of the at least one information-value pair. 
     In embodiments, the method further includes generating resources in accordance with the second standard format from the objects for the instance model. 
     In embodiments, in the method, creating objects for the instance model includes creating a number of objects based on a request for information that corresponds to a same number of information-value pairs. 
     In embodiments, in the method, the first standard format is CCDA and the second standard format is FHIR. In embodiments, the method further includes generating a FHIR resource bundle, that includes the clinical information represented in the document, as FHIR resources within a FHIR document resource. In embodiments, the method still further includes storing the FHIR resource bundle in a database, and providing access to the database to accept queries for specific ones of the FHIR resources. 
     In embodiments, in the method, the document is one of a plurality of documents in accordance with the first standard format that are stored in a repository, and a first information identifier of a first information-value pair in a first section of the document is the same as a second information identifier of a second information-value pair in a second section of another document in the repository. 
     In embodiments, in the method, the ontology model comprises an RDF model. 
     Various example embodiments are described in the following subsections. In particular, example resource generator system embodiments are described, followed by example ontology model embodiments, including RDF implementations. Next, further example embodiments and advantages are described, and subsequently example processing device embodiments are described. Finally, some concluding remarks are provided. 
     III. Example Resource Generator System Embodiments 
     As noted above, embodiments for systems and devices may be configured to perform their functions and operations (e.g., methods) in various ways, and it is contemplated herein that in various embodiments, one or more components described and/or shown may not be included and that additional components may be included. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 3 , a block diagram of a resource generator system  300  is shown, according to an embodiment. Resource generator system  300  may be a further embodiment of resource generator system  104  of  FIG. 1  and/or resource generator system  204  of  FIG. 2 . That is, resource generator system  300  may be included or implemented in a host server, e.g., host server  102  of  FIG. 1  and/or host server  202  of  FIG. 2 , that is communicatively coupled to one or more remote computer systems over a communication link or network, as described above. 
     Resource generator system  300  includes a communication interface  302 , one or more processors (“processor”)  304 , and a memory/storage medium (“memory”)  306 . Processor  304  is communicatively coupled to communication interface  302  and to memory  306 . Communication interface  302  is configured to be communicatively coupled to a communication link and/or to a network, such as communication link  108  of  FIG. 1  and/or network  210  of  FIG. 2  for communication with one or more remote devices such as requestors as described herein. 
     Communication interface  302  may be one or more interfaces, such as hardware network interfaces, that are configured to transmit and/or receive communications and messages, as well as declarations, over a network or communication link as described herein. Processor  304  may be one or more computer processors or processing devices as known to one of skill in the relevant art(s) having the benefit of this disclosure, such as those configured to operate in a computer, a server, a computing systems, and/or the like, as described herein. Processor  304  is configured to execute computer program instructions to perform the described clinical resource generation (e.g., generation of clinical resource information objects) functions and methods. 
     Memory  306  is a hardware device(s) of, or associated with, a computer, a server, a computing system, and/or the like, as described herein, that is configured to store data/information and/or computer program instructions that may be executed by processor  304 . For example, as shown in  FIG. 3 , memory  306  is configured to store model generator logic  308 , object model document logic  310 , and mapping logic/extensions  312 . Memory  306  is also configured to store a standard RDF model  314  that may be an RDF ontology model in embodiments, one or more of FHR model instances  316 , and one or more of CCDA documents  318 . In embodiments, one or more of standard RDF model  314 , FHR model instances  316 , and CCDA documents  318  may not be stored at all times in memory  306 , but may be stored upon generation or receipt thereof, as described herein. It is also contemplated herein that, in embodiments, standard RDF model  314  and FHR model instances  316  may respectively be a models based on a framework or data structure implementation other than RDF. Memory  306  is also configured to store object model documents corresponding to CCDA documents with CCDA documents  318 . 
     In  FIG. 4 , a flowchart  400  for clinical resource generation (e.g., generation of clinical resource information objects) is shown, according to an embodiment. That is, flowchart  400  may exemplify a method performed in or by a computing system for clinical resource generation such as FHIR resources. Example techniques and embodiments described herein may be configured and/or implemented to perform various aspects of clinical resource generation according to flowchart  400 . For instance, resource generation system  104  of  FIG. 1 , resource generation system  204  of  FIG. 2 , and/or resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3 , along with any of their respective subcomponents, may perform functions according to flowchart  400  of  FIG. 4 . Flowchart  400  is described as follows in the context of resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3  for exemplary illustration. 
     A document that includes clinical information and that is structured in accordance with a first standard format is received ( 402 ). For example, a formatted document from a remote computer system (e.g., a requestor such as requestor  206  of  FIG. 2 ) may be received over a network by communication interface  302  of resource generator system  300  in a host provider. The document may be structured/formatted according to CCDA standards in embodiments and as exemplarily illustrated as Example CCDA Document in the preceding Section. Communication interface  302  is configured to provide received documents to processor  304  and/or to memory  306 . 
     Turning now to  FIG. 5 , a resource generation system execution flow (“execution flow”)  500  is shown, according to an embodiment. Execution flow  500  is described with respect to  FIGS. 3 and 4 . In embodiments, execution flow  500  may be performed by resource generation system  536  which may be a further embodiment of resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3 . As illustrated in execution flow  500 , a CCDA XML document (“document”)  504  is provided to a CCDA XML reader (“reader”)  506  from a remote computer system  502  that may be a further embodiment of a requestor described above in  FIGS. 1 and 2  or may be an entity affiliated with a prescriber or health care provider, etc. For instance, communication interface  302  is configured to receive document  504  and to provide document  504  for processing in execution flow  500 . As noted, processor  304 , described above with respect to  FIG. 3 , is configured to execute computer program instructions (i.e., computer program logic) stored in memory  306 . An execution block  514  is shown in execution flow  500  as representing the execution of computer program instructions for resource generation. Execution block  514  may be executed by processor  304 . 
     Referring back to flowchart  400  of  FIG. 4 , an object model document is generated to include at least one information-value pair of a plurality information-value pairs that each comprise an information identifier and an associated value string that are included in the document ( 404 ). For instance, with respect to execution flow  500  of  FIG. 5 , when document  504  is received by communication interface  302  and loaded into memory  306  (e.g., as in  402  above), processor  304  may be configured to activate reader  510  from object model document logic  310  when loaded into memory  306  to cause reader  510  to generate the object model document based on document  504 . In the Example CCDA Document in the previous Section, an information-value pair for a clinical observation of body weight for the patient is shown: identifier: BODY WEIGHT (MEASURED); value string: “144.84”. Reader  510  is configured in this example to generate the object model document to include this information-value pair, as well as information-value pairs for the given name and the family name of the patient: given, “Paulina”; family: “Coffin”. 
     Flowchart  400  continues with path definitions being assigned for each of the at least one information-value pair that define mappings between the at least one information-value pair in the object model document and objects of an ontology model having a second standard format ( 406 ). For instance, processor  304  is configured to load into memory  306 , and activate, mapping logic of mapping logic/extensions  312  to cause the assignment of path definitions for each information-value pair. A base RDF model, e.g., standard RDF model  314 , is loaded into memory  306  as shown in a standard RDF model  524  in execution block  514 , and is augmented with defined mappings and/or a model of extension classes, e.g., from mapping logic/extensions  312 , also loaded into memory  306 , for defining the available mappings between the information-value pairs in the object model document and objects of standard RDF model  314  in a second standard format (in embodiments, standard RDF model  314  is a FHIR model). The augmented model having the class extensions and/or defined mappings is shown in execution block  514  an RDF FHIR ontology model  526 . In some embodiments, RDF models and extensions as described herein may be implemented according to the “OWL” Web Ontology Language (see https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/), and/or equivalents. 
     SPARQL, a recursive acronym identifying the SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language, may be utilized in embodiments for XPATH generation. The mapping logic of mapping logic/extensions  312  assigns the path definitions such as XPATH definitions between each information-value pairs of the object model document and the appropriate, available object of the augmented RDF model by first querying RDF FHIR ontology model  526  using SPARQL query logic  518  which may be included in mapping logic/extensions  312 , although other query protocols are contemplated herein. SPARQL query logic  518  is configured to provide queries against models, according to embodiments, such as RDF ontology models as described herein. That is, in embodiments, SPARQL query logic  518  is configured to query the augmented RDF model, RDF FHIR ontology model  526 , for defined mappings of the standard model components and properties (including, e.g., “child” properties to which the actual values, i.e., codings, are mapped in the FHIR model (“CodeableConcept.coding”), which may then have objects generated therefrom, e.g., Java™ objects, that are provided to XPATH generator logic  520 . 
     XPATH generator logic  520  may also be included in mapping logic/extensions  312 . XPATH generator logic  520  is configured to generate the paths between each model component of RDF FHIR ontology model  526  and the information-value pairs of the object model document by linking the mappings of the model components and properties with CCDA codes (such as but not limited to Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (“LOINC” ®)) of the information-value pairs. In the Example CCDA Document above, the BODY WEIGHT (MEASURED) identifier is associated with LOINC code “3141-9” which is in turn associated with a LOINC code of 8716-3 for “Vital signs,” and so on. XPATH generator logic  520  links the LOINC code “3141-9” for BODY WEIGHT (MEASURED) with the appropriate defined mapping for clinical observations in RDF FHIR ontology model  526 . 
     Continuing with this example, the value property (“Val”) may be given as “/entry/organizer/component/observation/code.” This is interpreted by the executing logic such that for observation entries in a CCDA Vital Signs section (when identified in the CCDA by LOINC “8716-3”), the code for each included observation can be found by following the XPATH “/entry/organizer/component/observation/code” (i.e., the value in Val). Furthermore, the CCDA entry specifies that the actual code value relates to the Observation.code property of the FHIR Observation resource. These are the “parent” class and the “parent” property in which the code should be placed within the FHIR model, as described herein. It should also be noted that FHIR model components and properties for clinical observations are not a simple strings (i.e., the code value). Rather, the Observation.code is another FHIR datatype object called CodeableConcept. A CodeableConcept consists of a Coding (another FHIR datatype) and a text (string) property. Ultimately, the code for an observation from the CCDA becomes the value of the Coding.code property of an object that is referenced by a CodeableConcept.coding property in a FHIR model instance, which is referenced by an Observation.code property. As an illustrative, non-limiting example, a FHIR Coding object “A” is created whereby A.code=3141-9, and A.display=BODY WEIGHT (MEASURED). Moreover, a FHIR CodeableConcept object “B” is created, whereby B.coding=A (i.e., the Coding object). Finally, a FHIR Observation object “C” is created, which among other things has its coding property set to B (i.e., C.coding=B). Example XPATH definitions according to the above examples may be: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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                 , [P:Observation] [PProp:Observation.code] 
               
               
                 [PVal:/entry/organizer/component/observation/code] 
               
               
                 [CProp:CodeableConcept.coding] 
               
               
                   [Val:/entry/organizer/component/observation/code] 
               
               
                   [Assoc:[10153-2, 10155-0, 10157-2, 11384-5, 11450-4, 11496-7, 
               
               
                   11502-2, 29762-2, 30954-2, 48765-2, 8716-3]] 
               
               
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                 , [P:Composition] [PProp:Composition.subject] 
               
               
                   [PVal:/recordTarget/patientRole] [CProp:Patient.name] 
               
               
                   [Val:/patient/name] 
               
               
                 , [P:Patient] [PProp:Patient.name] [PVal:/patient/name] 
               
               
                   [CProp:HumanName.family] [Val:/family] 
               
               
                 , [P:Patient] [PProp:Patient.name] [PVal:/patient/name] 
               
               
                   [CProp:HumanName.given] [Val:/given] 
               
               
                 , [P:HumanName] [PProp:HumanName.family] [PVal:/family] 
               
               
                   [Val:/family] 
               
               
                 , [P:HumanName] [PProp:HumanName.given] [PVal:/given] [Val:/given] 
               
               
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     Next, XPATH value extractor logic  522 , which may be included in mapping logic/extensions  312 , is configured to utilize the XPATH definitions to create the explicit maps that relate a value of an information-value pair in a CCDA document to the property in the FHIR model to which the value is associated. Because various sections of a CCDA document, all containing observations, can be organized by different structures, it is necessary to assemble all XPATHs in which an Observation may occur. For example, an Observation in one section of a CCDA may be contained within organizer/composition components, but in another section be contained in act/entryRelationship components, and in yet other sections, neither. Hence, the embodiments described herein provide for coverage of all the structures in a CCDA document within which an Observation may occur. Accordingly, XPATH value extractor logic  522  is configured to create the explicit maps by iteratively assembling all possible XPATH definitions. 
     XPATH value extractor logic  522  is configured to utilize the explicit maps to take the CCDA code for weight, and store it in a FHIR Coding object (Coding.code) property using ‘breadcrumb’ information, as shown below. Further, if read in reverse order, the constructed map provides that this Coding object is referenced by a CodeableConcept (via the CodeableConcept.coding), which is in turn referenced by an Observation (via Observation.code), which is one of (i.e., referenced by) the entries in a particular section (via SectionComponent.entry). Therefore, the CCDA construction of: 
                                        ns:section/ns:entry/ns:organizer/ns:component/ns:observation/ns:code             /@code [CCDA code value],                    
is mapped to FHIR as:
 
                                        SectionComponent.entry =&gt; Observation.code =&gt;             CodeableConcept.coding =&gt; Coding.code,                    
according to:
 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 [P:SectionComponent] [PProp:SectionComponent.entry] [PVal:section] 
               
               
                   [CProp:Coding.code] 
               
               
                   [Val:ns:section/ns:entry/ns:organizer/ns:component/ns:observation/ 
               
               
                   ns:code/@code] [Res:observation] [Assoc:[10153-2, 10155-0, 
               
               
                   10157-2, 11384-5, 11450-4, 11496-7, 11502-2, 29762-2, 30954-2, 
               
               
                   48765-2, 8716-3]] [Bread:[SectionComponent= 
               
               
                   SectionComponent.entry, Observation=Observation.code, 
               
               
                   CodeableConcept=CodeableConcept.coding, Coding=Coding.code]]. 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Accordingly, XPATH value extractor logic  522  is configured to extract the values of the information-value pairs of the CCDA document, document  504 . 
     Continuing with flowchart  400  of  FIG. 4 , an instance model, of the RDF ontology model, that is representative of the document and that is in the second standard format based on the path definitions is generated ( 408 ). For example, RDF FHIR instance model generator logic (“instance model generator logic”)  528  which may be a part of model generator logic  308  of  FIG. 3 , is configured to generate an RDF FHIR instance model representative of the CCDA document, document  504  (although other formats in addition to FHIR are contemplated herein). In embodiments, the FHIR instance model may be stored in memory  306  of  FIG. 3  as FHIR model instance(s)  316 . Instance model generator logic  528  is configured to dynamically assemble the RDF FHIR instance model based on RDF FHIR ontology model  526 , and the XPATH mapping and the values from ( 406 ). According to some embodiments, for one or more, or each, value extracted from document  504 , as described above, instance model generator logic  528  is configured to assemble a number of corresponding FHIR objects that will be associated with the CCDA values. That is, instance model generator logic  528  assembles the RDF FHIR instance model to generate a specific FHIR instance that corresponds to the values for patient and clinical information, such as but not limited to observations, included in document  504 . 
     For example, objects for the instance model are created ( 410 ), and values are provided to the objects for the instance model corresponding to each of the at least one information-value pair ( 412 ) by instance model generator logic  528 . Instance model generator logic  528  is configured to create instance model objects, e.g., for the FHIR instance model, based on standard RDF FHIR model  314  and the XPATH mapping described above. Standard RDF FHIR model  314  includes a standard resource kind having objects for each of Observation and Patient, in addition to others, as would be apparent to those of skill in the relevant art(s) having the benefit of this disclosure. In the Example CCDA Document discussed herein, a single observation of body weight measured for a patient is shown. Accordingly, a FHIR object for the patient and a FHIR object for the observation would be assembled from standard RDF FHIR model  314  for the for the FHIR instance model based on the XPATH mapping, while other standard FHIR objects may be excluded from the assembly of the FHIR instance model. 
     In examples where two observations are included for a patient in a CCDA document, two instances of the FHIR observation object of the RDF FHIR model  314  would be used to assemble the FHIR instance model, likewise for three or more observations, as well as for other types of FHIR resources and their objects. In this manner, RDF FHIR model  314  serves as a standard template that is utilized for any number of a given FHIR resource that is required for generating objects in a FHIR instance model. 
     It should also be noted that in embodiments, the specific FHIR instance may include only resources and objects that correspond to the information present in document  504  for which the specific FHIR instance is representative, and/or may include a subset of resources and objects that is less than all of the resources and objects in the standard FHIR model. 
     In providing values or codings to the objects for the FHIR instance model that correspond to each information-value pair(s) of the CCDA document, e.g., document  504 , the values of the information-value pairs extracted by XPATH value extractor logic  522  based on the XPATH mappings, as described above, are assigned to the corresponding objects in the FHIR instance model by instance model generator logic  528 . Values/codings may be assigned as objects are assembled for the FHIR instance model or subsequent to the assembly. 
     In  FIG. 6 , a flowchart  600  for clinical resource generation (e.g., generation of clinical resource information objects) is shown, according to an embodiment. That is, flowchart  600  may exemplify a method performed in or by a computing system for clinical resource generation such as FHIR resources. Example techniques and embodiments described herein may be configured and/or implemented to perform various aspects of clinical resource generation according to flowchart  600 . For instance, resource generation system  104  of  FIG. 1 , resource generation system  204  of  FIG. 2 , and/or resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3 , along with any of their respective subcomponents, may perform functions according to flowchart  600  of  FIG. 6 . Flowchart  600  is described as follows in the context of resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3  and execution flow  500  of  FIG. 5  for exemplary illustration. 
     Resources are generated in accordance with the second standard format from the objects for the instance model ( 602 ). For example, the FHIR instance model generated based on the CCDA document (e.g., document  504  having a first format, CCDA) in ( 408 ) by instance model generator logic  528  has a FHIR standard format, e.g., the second format, although other standard formats are contemplated herein. As noted above, generated FHIR instance models may be stored in memory  306  of  FIG. 3  as FHIR model instance(s)  316 . A FHIR instance model generated, or generated and stored, is provided by a FHIR instance application programming interface (“API”)  530  to FHIR instance generator logic  532  which is configured to extract one or more instance values/definitions from FHIR instance models to generate individual FHIR resource objects. 
     These generated FHIR resource objects may be stored in a FHIR resource data store  534 . FHIR resource data store  534  may comprise, e.g., one or more databases, and may be a central or distributed data store. FHIR resource data store  534  may be hosted by a service provider of a resource generation system as described herein, or may be hosted by a third-party provider that grants access to FHIR resource data store  534  for such resource generation systems. FHIR resource data store  534  may be a part of a resource generation system such as resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3  or resource generation system  536  of  FIG. 5 , or may be a separate component(s) that are accessible by resource generation systems described herein over a network or other communication connection. 
     Additionally, generated FHIR resource objects may be stored in FHIR resource data store  534  as groups based on a patient. For example, when more than one FHIR resource objects are generated, as described herein, and stored in FHIR resource data store  534 , the FHIR resource objects may be grouped, tagged, indexed, etc., according to the patient associated therewith. In such embodiments, access efficiency for these FHIR resource objects may be increased. As another example, newly-generated FHIR resource objects may be added to groups of existing, previously-generated FHIR resource objects stored in FHIR resource data store  534  based on commonality, such as but without limitation, a given patient. 
     In embodiments, a FHIR instance model and/or FHIR resource objects may be generated responsive to a request or query. It is also contemplated herein that some such requests or queries may specify a number of observations, values, or other information for a FHIR instance model that is less than the total number of observations, values, or other information contained in the CCDA document. FHIR instance models generated, or generated and stored, that are provided by API  530  to FHIR instance generator logic  532  as noted above in ( 602 ), may be provided based on a request or a query. 
     In  FIG. 7 , a flowchart  700  for clinical resource generation (e.g., generation of clinical resource information objects) is shown, according to an embodiment. That is, flowchart  700  may exemplify a method performed in or by a computing system for clinical resource generation such as FHIR resources. Example techniques and embodiments described herein may be configured and/or implemented to perform various aspects of clinical resource generation according to flowchart  700 . For instance, resource generation system  104  of  FIG. 1 , resource generation system  204  of  FIG. 2 , and/or resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3 , along with any of their respective subcomponents, may perform functions according to flowchart  700  of  FIG. 7 . Flowchart  700  is described as follows in the context of resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3  and execution flow  500  of  FIG. 5  for exemplary illustration. 
     A number of objects are created based on a request for information that corresponds to a same number of information-value pairs ( 702 ). For instance, referring also to execution flow  500  of  FIG. 5 , a requesting vendor service  506  may request specific clinical information in the FHIR standard format from, or may query, a FHIR query processor  512 . Requesting vendor service  506  may request/query for any number of clinical information items associated with information-value pairs of a patient CCDA document. Requesting vendor service  506  may comprise computing devices of various vendor services seeking clinical information of patients, and in embodiments, may comprise computing devices of a trading partner(s), a doctor or doctor&#39;s office (including nurses and/or other staff), a pharmacy, a health care provider(s), and/or another third-party entity(ies). In some cases, a request/query may be generated by a service provider of a resource generator system, e.g., in order to build a library of FHIR resources for patients. FHIR query processor  512  may be a separate processor of a resource generator system as described herein, e.g., resource generator system  300  of  FIG. 3  or resource generator system  536  of  FIG. 5 , or may be a program or application executing on a processor(s) of a resource generation system. 
     In embodiments, a request/query received from requesting vendor service  506  by a resource generator system may be received via a communication interface as described herein. When provided to FHIR query processor  512 , a received request may cause FHIR query processor  512  to activate and perform FHIR query functions. 
     For instance, in embodiments, responsive to a received request/query FHIR query processor  512  may be configured to query FHIR resource data store  534  for at least one FHIR resource associated with clinical information for a given patient as included in the request/query from requesting vendor service  506 . For FHIR resources associated with the requested clinical information, FHIR query processor  512  is configured to receive query results for the FHIR resources and provide at least one FHIR resource  508  to requesting vendor service  506 . 
     In some embodiments, such as when a query of FHIR resource data store  534  does not return valid results associated with the request/query, FHIR query processor  512  may be configured to cause activation of reader  510  which in turn is configured to determine if any CCDA documents of the patient in the request that are stored in CCDA documents  318  contain one or more items of the clinical information requested. In such cases, a FHIR instance model and/or FHIR resource objects for the determined CCDA document(s) may be automatically generated as described herein, such as but not limited to, with respect to flowchart  400  of  FIG. 4 , flowchart  600  of  FIG. 6 , and/or flowchart  700  of  FIG. 7 . 
     Likewise, in embodiments where a CCDA document is included in a request/query for patient clinical information received from requesting vendor service  506 , FHIR query processor  512  may be configured to cause activation of reader  510 , and a FHIR instance model and/or FHIR resource objects for the determined CCDA document(s) may be automatically generated as described herein, such as but not limited to, with respect to flowchart  400  of  FIG. 4 , flowchart  600  of  FIG. 6 , and/or flowchart  700  of  FIG. 7 . 
     In  FIG. 8 , a flowchart  800  for clinical resource generation (e.g., generation of clinical resource information objects) is shown, according to an embodiment. That is, flowchart  800  may exemplify a method performed in or by a computing system for clinical resource generation such as FHIR resources. Example techniques and embodiments described herein may be configured and/or implemented to perform various aspects of clinical resource generation according to flowchart  800 . For instance, resource generation system  104  of  FIG. 1 , resource generation system  204  of  FIG. 2 , and/or resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3 , along with any of their respective subcomponents, may perform functions according to flowchart  800  of  FIG. 8 . Flowchart  800  is described as follows in the context of resource generation system  300  of  FIG. 3  and execution flow  500  of  FIG. 5  for exemplary illustration. 
     A FHIR resource bundle, that includes the clinical information represented in the document, as FHIR resources within a FHIR document resource is generated ( 802 ). For instance, as noted above in ( 602 ) of flowchart  600 , FHIR resources (e.g., resources in accordance with the second standard format) from the objects for the instance model are generated, in embodiments. These FHIR resources generated by FHIR instance generator logic  532  may be grouped by FHIR instance generator logic  532  as a FHIR resource bundle. The FHIR resource bundle may be a FHIR document resource comprised of the FHIR resources generated by FHIR instance generator logic  532 . For example, one or more generated FHIR resource objects may be provided in a formatted document according to XML or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) formats, and/or the like. 
     The FHIR resource bundle is stored in a database ( 804 ). The FHIR resource bundle generated in ( 802 ) may be stored in FHIR resource data store  534 , according to embodiments. For example, FHIR instance generator logic  532  may be configured to store the FHIR resource bundle generated in ( 802 ) in FHIR resource data store  534  subsequent to its generation. 
     Access to the database is provided to accept queries for specific ones of the FHIR resources ( 806 ). For example, a resource generation system as described herein and as noted above, such as resource generator system  300  of  FIG. 3  or resource generator system  536  of  FIG. 5 , may be configured to access FHIR resource data store  534  for storing and querying of FHIR resources and/or FHIR resource bundles. FHIR resource data store  534  is thus configured to provide access to resource generator systems for the FHIR resources and/or FHIR resource bundles stored therein responsive to requests/queries for clinical information related to patients. Access for requests/queries may also be provided to insurance providers, doctors/prescribers, pharmacists, pharmacy benefits management (PBM) entities, and/or other types of health care providers, in some embodiments. 
     In embodiments, the FHIR resource bundles may be generated responsive to a request/query as in the description above with respect to ( 702 ) of flowchart  700 . For instance, responsive to a request/query, FHIR query processor  512  may cause a FHIR instance model representative of a CCDA document to be generated from which a FHIR document resource may be generated and then queried for a FHIR resource bundle. 
     IV. Example Ontology Model Embodiments 
     As described above, resource generation systems may be configured in various ways to perform their described functions. For instance, resource generation systems may be configured to generate FHIR resources for clinical information (e.g., that is contained in CCDA documents) for patients where the information is associated with, but not limited to, patient identification, practitioners, appointments, clinical observations, clinical documents, medications, accounts, and/or the like, as defined by the FHIR standard. An extensive list of resources for FHIR is not provided here for the sake of brevity, however, it is contemplated that any FHIR resources may be similarly or analogously treated and/or modeled according to the examples described herein. 
     Modeling based on metadata that defines the structure and properties of FHIR resources in RDF may be performed according to the described techniques and embodiments. The RDF modeling allows the described embodiments to generate FHIR instance models using desired information from CCDA documents and mappings to standard RDF models, as these models are structured to provide for versatile, targeted queries for clinical resource attainment. For example, a “Patient” resource for FHIR may be modeled based on its metadata to allow the generation of an RDF model for the resource that includes dependent resources such as, but without limitation, vital signs and body weight. The following is an example, non-limiting code segment represented in “.ttl” format, e.g., in a terse RDF triple language (“TTL”), showing a compact text form of a graphical RDF model: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 @prefix CCDA:  &lt;http://hostProvider.org/CCDA#&gt; . 
               
               
                 @prefix rdf:   &lt;http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#&gt; . 
               
               
                 @prefix owl:   &lt;http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#&gt; . 
               
               
                 @prefix HostProviderFHIR: 
               
               
                 &lt;http: //hostProvider.org/HostProviderFHIR#&gt; . 
               
               
                 @prefix xsd:  &lt;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#&gt; . 
               
               
                 @prefix rdfs: &lt;http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#&gt; . 
               
               
                 CCDA:Observation_1f20e739-e1db-49b3-ba0b-3ff1982dd765 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Observation&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Observation.code&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:CodeableConcept_1d48f00c-f444-40ae-8a1e- 
               
               
                 fde07a054010 . 
               
               
                 CCDA:CodeableConcept_1d48f00c-f444-40ae-8a1e-fde07a054010 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#CodeableConcept&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#CodeableConcept.coding&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:Coding_87fb56c3-cf55-4a42-b49e-4df7e7ad772e . 
               
               
                 CCDA:Coding_87fb56c3-cf55-4a42-b49e-4df7e7ad772e 
               
               
                    a   HostProviderFHIR:Coding ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Coding.code&gt; 
               
               
                        “3141-9” ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Coding.display&gt; 
               
               
                        “BODY WEIGHT (MEASURED)” . 
               
               
                 CCDA:Patient_758af88b-d467-45f4-9907-56896e5480f4 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Patient&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Patient.name&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:HumanName_e31bbafd-165c-4a88-8f8c- 
               
               
                 684e2e5cafe1 . 
               
               
                 &lt;http://hostProvider.org/CCDA&gt; 
               
               
                    a        owl:Ontology ; 
               
               
                    owl:imports 
               
               
                 &lt;http://hostProvider.org/HostProviderFHIR&gt; ; 
               
               
                    owl:versionInfo  “Auto Generated from Profile” . 
               
               
                 CCDA:SectionComponent_5a90c841-125e-4c83-84ab-bb6275df4987 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#SectionComponent&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#SectionComponent.code&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:CodeableConcept_11acfede-4fa2-4f6e-87e8- 
               
               
                 38526a4a7645 ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#SectionComponent.entry&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:List_ef1b12ea-5764-49d8-998c-af9af9c9825d ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#SectionComponent.title&gt; 
               
               
                        “Vital Signs” . 
               
               
                 CCDA:CodeableConcept_11acfede-4fa2-4f6e-87e8-38526a4a7645 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#CodeableConcept&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#CodeableConcept.coding&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:Coding_38ca1604-9ddb-41d4-8239- 
               
               
                        76ca2f6abab1 . 
               
               
                 CCDA:Coding_38ca1604-9ddb-41d4-8239-76ca2f6abab1 
               
               
                    a   HostProviderFHIR:Coding ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Coding.code&gt; 
               
               
                        “8716-3” . 
               
               
                 CCDA:BundleEntryComponent_0c50e01c-d979-48fb-a94c-bf2801e5bb7b 
               
               
                    a 
               
               
                 &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#BundleEntryComponent&gt; ; 
               
               
                 &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#BundleEntryComponent.resource&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:Composition_8cfd1b14-0aac-478e-af60- 
               
               
                 a234ace090da . 
               
               
                 CCDA:ListEntryComponent_3386df8e-3610-4278-8e03-2b7f7b59178a 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#ListEntryComponent&gt; 
               
               
                 ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#ListEntryComponent.item&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:Observation_1f20e739-e1db-49b3-ba0b- 
               
               
                 3ff1982dd765 . 
               
               
                 CCDA:List_ef1b12ea-5764-49d8-998c-af9af9c9825d 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#List&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#List.entry&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:ListEntryComponent_3386df8e-3610-4278-8e03- 
               
               
                 2b7f7b59178a ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#List.mode&gt; 
               
               
                        “working” ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#List.status&gt; 
               
               
                        “current” . 
               
               
                 CCDA:HumanName_e31bbafd-165c-4a88-8f8c-684e2e5cafe1 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#HumanName&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#HumanName.family&gt; 
               
               
                        “Coffin” ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#HumanName.given&gt; 
               
               
                        “Paulina ” . 
               
               
                 CCDA:Bundle_c0e548fd-2145-4ef4-a227-286d4be52a5f 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Bundle&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Bundle.entry&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:BundleEntryComponent_0c50e01c-d979-48fb- 
               
               
                 a94c-bf2801e5bb7b . 
               
               
                 CCDA:Composition_8cfd1b14-0aac-478e-af60-a234ace090da 
               
               
                    a   &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Composition&gt; ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Composition.section&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:SectionComponent_5a90c841-125e-4c83-84ab- 
               
               
                 bb6275df4987 ; 
               
               
                    &lt;http://hostProvider.org/FHIR#Composition.subject&gt; 
               
               
                        CCDA:Patient_758af88b-d467-45f4-9907-56896e5480f4 
               
               
                 . 
               
               
                 ... 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The TTL code portion example shown above is illustrative in nature, and is not to be considered limiting. It is contemplated herein that other types of modeling and model representation may be used, as would be understood by a person of skill in the relevant art(s) having the benefit of this disclosure. In embodiments, RDF ontology models may be implemented according to the “OWL” Web Ontology Language (see https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/), and/or their equivalents. 
     As noted, resource generator system  104  of  FIG. 1 , along with further example embodiments thereof as described herein, is configured to automatically generate an ontology model (e.g., through RDF) of a FHIR model instance based on information in a CCDA document(s) and a standard RDF FHIR model using mappings therebetween. The standard RDF FHIR model is a uniform model for the FHIR standard and the instance model may include one or more of any element of the standard RDF FHIR model based on the presence of one or more information-value pairs in the CCDA document that correspond to the FHIR element. 
     In  FIG. 9 , an ontology model  900  is shown, according to an embodiment. Ontology model  900  is a non-limiting, example ontology model embodiment that is illustrative in the context of the Example CCDA Document described above. In embodiments, ontology model  900  may correspond to an FHIR instance model representative of the Example CCDA Document. 
     Ontology model  900  includes a hierarchical structure of dependencies and attributes based on a root instance model root  902 . Ontology model  900  is illustrated with respect to OWL according to an embodiment. From model root  902 , an OWL: Instance  904  depends, which has “a kind of” attribute of model root  902 . Ontology model  900  also includes a CCDA model  928  that depends from model root  902  and has “a kind of” attribute of model root  902 . 
     From OWL: Instance  904 , a Map element  906 , a FHIR: resource element  910 , a CodingSystem element  912 , and a FHIR: Element  940  depend, each of which are “a kind of” OWL: Instance  904 . A Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) element  914  and a LOINC element  916  depend from CodingSystem element  912  and are “a kind of” CodingSystem element  912 . From FHIR: resource element  910  a Bundle element  918  and a DomainResource  920  depend and are “a kind of” FHIR: resource element  910 . A Bundle  1   930  is “an instance of” both CCDA Model  928  and Bundle element  918 , and “has bundle entry” BundleEntry Component  1   932 . From Map element  906 , a CCDA Map element  908  depends that is “a kind of” Map element  906 . Bundle element  918  includes a “has map” attribute of CCDA Map element  908 . 
     An Observation element  926 , a Composition element  922 , and a Patient element  924  each depend from, and are “a kind of,” DomainResource  920 . Observation element  926 , Composition element  922 , and Patient element  924  each include a “has map” attribute of CCDA Map element  908 , and Observation element  926  is “a type of” SNOMED element  914  and/or LOINC element  916 . 
     From FHIR: Element  940 , a Backbone element  942 , a Coding element  944 , a Human name element  946 , and a Codeable concept element  956  depend, each of which are “a kind of” FHIR: Element  940 . Coding element  944 , Human name element  946 , and Codeable concept element  956  each include a “has map” attribute of CCDA Map element  908 . A BundleEntry Component element  950 , an Observation component element  952 , and a Composition section component element  954  depend from, and are each “a kind of,” Backbone element  942 , and each include a “has map” attribute of CCDA Map element  908 . 
     BundleEntry Component  1   932  is an “instance of” BundleEntry component  950  and “has composition” Composition  1   934  which is an “instance of” Composition  1  element  922 . Composition  1  element  922  “has patient” Patient  1  element  936  which is an “instance of” Patient element  924  and “has name” Human name  1  element  938 . Human name  1  element  938  is an “instance of” Human name element  946 . Composition  1  element  922  “has composition section” Composition section component  1  element  958  which is an “instance of” Composition section component element  954 , “has codeable concept” Codeable concept  1  element  960 , and “has observation” Observation  1  element  964 . Codeable concept  1  element  960  “has code” Coding  1  element  962  which is an “instance of” Codeable concept element  956 . Observation  1  element  964  is an “instance of” Observation element  926 , “has observation component Observation component  1  element  966 , and “has codeable concept” Codeable concept  3  element  974 . Observation component  1  element  966  is an “instance of” Observation component element  952  and “has codeable concept” Codeable concept  2  element  968 . Codeable concept  2  element  968  is an “instance of” Codeable concept element  956  and “has code” Coding  2  element  970  which is an “instance of” Coding element  944 . Codeable concept  3  element  974  is an “instance of” Codeable concept element  956  and “has code” Coding  3  element  972  which is an “instance of” Coding element  944 . 
     In ontology model  900 , with respect to the Example CCDA Document described herein and the body weight observation of a patient, the patient&#39;s Human name  1  element may corresponds to “Paulina Coffin,” Composition section component  1  element  958  may correspond to “vital signs,” and Observation  1  element  964  may correspond to the measured body weight. 
     V. Further Example Embodiments and Advantages 
     As noted above, systems and devices, including resource generator systems, may be configured in various ways to automatically generate FHIR resources from CCDA documents. It is also contemplated herein that generation of resources according to the FHIR standard may be performed based on non-CCDA documents, that generation of resources according to non-FHIR standards may be performed based on CCDA documents, and that generation of other non-FHIR standard formats may be performed based on non-CCDA documents. 
     The described techniques and embodiments provide for the ability to automatically generate specifically tailored FHIR resources for the information in a CCDA document for use cases where only a section, or set, of specific entries from a CCDA document are needed for that use case. For example, automatic generation of specifically tailored FHIR resources for the information in a CCDA document allows for FHIR resources/resource bundles that can be stored in any compliant FHIR repository, with support for responding to FHIR queries, to respond to requests for specific components of CCDA documents with the appropriate set of FHIR resources that answers the query. As a non-limiting, illustrative example, a request/query from a requestor to a resource generation system for patient allergies can be answered by a set of FHIR allergy resources contained in a bundle without any additional and/or undesired information being returned. 
     The systems and devices herein are configured to consume CCDA documents and generate the document&#39;s contents into a general ontological representation using RDF-specified mappings. This representation is then utilized to automatically generate a set of standard FHIR resources that can be stored in a standard FHIR repository. 
     The described embodiments and techniques can be used to generate FHIR resources and bundles equivalent to CCDA documents, allowing for the sharing of information to a healthcare entity that can consume FHIR resources and bundles, but not CCDA documents. By placing the generated FHIR resources in a FHIR repository, the described embodiments and techniques can also provide access to component information contained in a CCDA document via query, in a well-defined and structured manner. 
     Additionally, the ease of use for libraries used in implementations of document formatting standards is increased. For example, a specific instance of a FHIR model that corresponds to any information, or any requested information, in a CCDA document may be generated using a standard FHIR RDF model. That is, the generation of FHIR model instances is itself a model-based generation predicated on a standard FHIR RDF model. Thus the described embodiments and techniques provide for a flexible yet robust way to automatically generate a specific instance of a FHIR model that corresponds to any information, or any requested information, in a CCDA document. 
     The described techniques and embodiments may be utilized as or in any computing device or distributed computer system. The described techniques and embodiments provide value and efficiency benefits for large, and still increasing, networks of hosts, health care providers, and trading partners that desire to exchange clinical information, even those that are not capable of consuming CCDA documents. 
     The embodiments and techniques disclosed herein provide for a specific arrangement of components for automatically generating FHIR instance models and FHIR resources. That is, the embodiments and techniques disclosed herein relate to a non-conventional and non-generic arrangement of elements in the resource generation process, e.g., the model-based generation of each specific FHIR instance model based on a generated, standard FHIR model), with customized, user-specified elements specific to each use case. That is, after a standard FHIR model is created, a specific FHIR instance model is subsequently created based on the generated, standard model and mappings to CCDA documents. 
     The embodiments and techniques disclosed herein also provide for improving the technological process of computer-generated FHIR instance models and FHIR resources through the use of specific relationships and mappings that govern the generation of FHIR instance models and FHIR resources based on a generated standard model, rather than human-based implementations that simply involve the use of a computer, to determine instances for any number of sets of any given type of clinical observation. The described embodiments and techniques utilize specific relationships and mappings that allow for the generation of specific FHIR instance models and FHIR resources based on a generated standard model, and such a technique enables the automation of generating specific FHIR instance models and FHIR resources that previously could not be automated in such a manner. That is, human-based approaches do not involve generating an entire standard FHIR model upon which specific instance models that correspond to individual CCDA documents, or subsets of information therein, are generated. Accordingly, the computer-based generation of FHIR instance models and FHIR resources is improved. 
     Moreover, according to the described embodiments and techniques, any components of resource generator systems and their functions may be caused to be activated for operation/performance thereof based on other operations, functions, actions, and/or the like, including initialization, completion, and/or performance of the, functions, actions, and/or the like. 
     In some example embodiments, one or more of the operations of the flowcharts described herein may not be performed. Moreover, operations in addition to or in lieu of the operations of the flowcharts described herein may be performed. Further, in some example embodiments, one or more of the operations of the flowcharts described herein may be performed out of order, in an alternate sequence, or partially (or completely) concurrently with each other or with other operations. 
     The further example embodiments and advantages described in this Section may be applicable to any embodiments disclosed in this Section or in any other Section of this disclosure. 
     Embodiments and techniques, including methods, described herein may be performed in various ways such as, but not limited to, being implemented by hardware, or hardware combined with one or both of software and firmware. 
     VI. Example Processing Device Implementations 
     Resource generator system and device embodiments described herein, such as resource generator system  104  of  FIG. 1 , resource generator system  204  of  FIG. 2 , resource generator system  300  of  FIG. 3 , and/or resource generator system  536  of  FIG. 5 , along with any respective components/subcomponents and/or further embodiments thereof, and/or any flowcharts, execution flows, further systems, sub-systems, and/or components, including other network-connected devices, disclosed herein may be implemented in hardware (e.g., hardware logic/electrical circuitry), or any combination of hardware with one or both of software (computer program code or instructions configured to be executed in one or more processors or processing devices) and firmware. In embodiments with respect to the example computer implementations in this Section, main memory, memory cards and memory sticks, memory devices, and/or the like may include and or implement the described techniques and embodiments. 
     The embodiments described herein, including devices, systems, methods/processes, and/or apparatuses, may be implemented in or using processing devices, communication systems, servers, and/or, computers, such as a processing device  1000  shown in  FIG. 10 . It should be noted that processing device  1000  may represent mobile devices, communication devices/systems, entertainment systems/devices, processing devices, and/or traditional computers in one or more embodiments. For example, a resource generation system as described herein, and any of the sub-systems and/or components respectively contained therein and/or associated therewith, along with further embodiments thereof, may be implemented in or using one or more processing devices  1000  and/or similar computing devices. 
     Processing device  1000  can be any commercially available and well known communication device, processing device, and/or computer capable of performing the functions described herein, such as devices/computers available from International Business Machines®, Apple®, Sun®, HP®, Dell®, Cray®, Samsung®, Nokia®, etc. Processing device  1000  may be any type of computer, including a desktop computer, a server, etc., and may be a computing device or system within another device or system. 
     Processing device  1000  includes one or more processors (also called central processing units, or CPUs), such as a processor  1006 . Processor  1006  is connected to a communication infrastructure  1002 , such as a communication bus. In some embodiments, processor  1006  can simultaneously operate multiple computing threads, and in some embodiments, processor  1006  may comprise one or more processors. 
     Processing device  1000  also includes a primary or main memory  1008 , such as random access memory (RAM). Main memory  1008  has stored therein control logic  1024  (computer software), and data. 
     Processing device  1000  also includes one or more secondary storage devices  1010 . Secondary storage devices  1010  include, for example, a hard disk drive  1012  and/or a removable storage device or drive  1014 , as well as other types of storage devices, such as memory cards and memory sticks. For instance, processing device  1000  may include an industry standard interface, such a universal serial bus (USB) interface for interfacing with devices such as a memory stick. Removable storage drive  1014  represents a floppy disk drive, a magnetic tape drive, a compact disk drive, an optical storage device, tape backup, etc. 
     Removable storage drive  1014  interacts with a removable storage unit  1016 . Removable storage unit  1016  includes a computer useable or readable storage medium  1018  having stored therein computer software  1026  (control logic) and/or data. Removable storage unit  1016  represents a floppy disk, magnetic tape, compact disk, DVD, optical storage disk, or any other computer data storage device. Removable storage drive  1014  reads from and/or writes to removable storage unit  1016  in a well-known manner. 
     Processing device  1000  also includes input/output/display devices  1004 , such as touchscreens, LED and LCD displays, monitors, keyboards, pointing devices, etc. 
     Processing device  1000  further includes a communication or network interface  1020 . Communication interface  1020  enables processing device  1000  to communicate with remote devices. For example, communication interface  1020  allows processing device  1000  to communicate over communication networks or mediums  1022  (representing a form of a computer useable or readable medium), such as LANs, WANs, the Internet, etc. Network interface  1020  may interface with remote sites or networks via wired or wireless connections. 
     Control logic  1028  may be transmitted to and from processing device  1000  via the communication medium  1022 . 
     Any apparatus or manufacture comprising a computer useable or readable medium having control logic (software) stored therein is referred to herein as a computer program product or program storage device. This includes, but is not limited to, processing device  1000 , main memory  1008 , secondary storage devices  1010 , and removable storage unit  1016 . Such computer program products, having control logic stored therein that, when executed by one or more data processing devices, cause such data processing devices to operate as described herein, represent embodiments. 
     Techniques, including methods, and embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware (digital and/or analog) or a combination of hardware with one or both of software and/or firmware. Techniques described herein may be implemented by one or more components. Embodiments may comprise computer program products comprising logic (e.g., in the form of program code or software as well as firmware) stored on any computer useable medium, which may be integrated in or separate from other components. Such program code, when executed by one or more processor circuits, causes a device to operate as described herein. Devices in which embodiments may be implemented may include storage, such as storage drives, memory devices, and further types of physical hardware computer-readable storage media. Examples of such computer-readable storage media include, a hard disk, a removable magnetic disk, a removable optical disk, flash memory cards, digital video disks, random access memories (RAMs), read only memories (ROM), and other types of physical hardware storage media. In greater detail, examples of such computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, a hard disk associated with a hard disk drive, a removable magnetic disk, a removable optical disk (e.g., CDROMs, DVDs, etc.), zip disks, tapes, magnetic storage devices, MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) storage, nanotechnology-based storage devices, flash memory cards, digital video discs, RAM devices, ROM devices, and further types of physical hardware storage media. Such computer-readable storage media may, for example, store computer program logic, e.g., program modules, comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processor circuits, provide and/or maintain one or more aspects of functionality described herein with reference to the figures, as well as any and all components, capabilities, and functions therein and/or further embodiments described herein. 
     Such computer-readable storage media are distinguished from and non-overlapping with communication media (do not include communication media) and modulated data signals. Communication media embodies computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave. The term “modulated data signal” means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media, as well as wired media and signals transmitted over wired media. Embodiments are also directed to such communication media. 
     The techniques and embodiments described herein may be implemented as, or in, various types of circuits, devices, apparatuses, and systems. For instance, embodiments may be included, without limitation, in processing devices (e.g., illustrated in  FIG. 10 ) such as computers and servers, as well as communication systems such as switches, routers, gateways, and/or the like, communication devices such as smart phones, home electronics, gaming consoles, entertainment devices/systems, etc. A device, as defined herein, is a machine or manufacture as defined by 35 U.S.C. § 101. That is, as used herein, the term “device” refers to a machine or other tangible, manufactured object and excludes software and signals. Devices may include digital circuits, analog circuits, or a combination thereof. Devices may include one or more processor circuits (e.g., central processing units (CPUs), processor  1006  of  FIG. 10 ), microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), and further types of physical hardware processor circuits) and/or may be implemented with any semiconductor technology in a semiconductor material, including one or more of a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT), a metal oxide field effect transistor (MOSFET) device, a metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) or other transconductor or transistor technology device. Such devices may use the same or alternative configurations other than the configuration illustrated in embodiments presented herein. 
     VII. Conclusion 
     While various embodiments have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not limitation. It will be apparent to persons skilled in the relevant art that various changes in form and detail can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments. Thus, the breadth and scope of the embodiments should not be limited by any of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but should be defined only in accordance with the following claims and their equivalents.