FHIR Canonical Manager

A library-first solution for managing FHIR Implementation Guide packages, providing fast canonical URL resolution and resource search capabilities.

Features

• 📦 Package Management: Install, update, and remove FHIR packages from registries
• 🔍 Fast Resolution: Lightning-fast canonical URL resolution with SQLite B-tree indexes (~7ms average)
• 🔎 Advanced Search: Query FHIR resources by type, package, and other criteria
• 🔧 Search Parameters: Retrieve FHIR SearchParameter definitions by resource type
• 🗄️ SQLite Backend: Industry-standard SQLite with WAL mode for reliability and performance
• 🏗️ Library First: Clean API for embedding in your applications
• 🖥️ CLI Tool: Optional command-line interface for interactive use
• 🌐 Registry Support: Compatible with standard FHIR package registries
• ⚡ Async/Await: Built with modern async Rust for performance
• 🔄 Multi-Version: Support multiple FHIR versions simultaneously
• 📁 Local Packages: Load packages from local directories

Quick Start

Library Usage

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
octofhir-canonical-manager = "0.1"
tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }

Basic usage:

use octofhir_canonical_manager::{CanonicalManager, FcmConfig};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Load configuration
    let config = FcmConfig::load()?;
    let manager = CanonicalManager::new(config).await?;
    
    // Install a FHIR package
    manager.install_package("hl7.fhir.us.core", "6.1.0").await?;
    
    // Resolve a canonical URL
    let resource = manager.resolve(
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient"
    ).await?;
    
    println!("Found resource: {}", resource.id);
    
    // Search for resources
    let results = manager.search()
        .resource_type("StructureDefinition")
        .package("hl7.fhir.us.core")
        .execute().await?;
        
    println!("Found {} structure definitions", results.len());
    
    // Get search parameters for a resource type
    let search_params = manager.get_search_parameters("Patient").await?;
    println!("Found {} search parameters for Patient", search_params.len());
    
    Ok(())
}

CLI Usage

Install the CLI tool:

cargo install octofhir-canonical-manager --features cli

Initialize and use:

# Initialize configuration
octofhir-fcm init

# Install packages
octofhir-fcm install hl7.fhir.us.core@6.1.0

# Search resources
octofhir-fcm search "Patient" --resource-type StructureDefinition

# Get search parameters for a resource type
octofhir-fcm search-params Patient
octofhir-fcm search-params Patient --format json
octofhir-fcm search-params Patient --format csv

# Resolve canonical URLs
octofhir-fcm resolve "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient"

# List installed packages
octofhir-fcm list

Configuration

Create a fcm.toml configuration file:

[registry]
url = "https://fs.get-ig.org/pkgs/"
timeout = 60
retry_attempts = 5

[[packages]]
name = "hl7.fhir.r4.core"
version = "4.0.1"
priority = 1

[storage]
cache_dir = ".fcm/cache"
packages_dir = ".fcm/packages"
max_cache_size = "2GB"

# Optimization settings (SQLite handles indexing automatically)
[optimization]
# Parallel processing
parallel_workers = 8
batch_size = 100

# Change detection
enable_checksums = true
checksum_algorithm = "blake3"
checksum_cache_size = 10000

# Performance monitoring
enable_metrics = true
metrics_interval = "30s"

Configuration Options

Registry Settings

• url: FHIR package registry URL
• timeout: Network timeout in seconds
• retry_attempts: Number of retry attempts for failed requests

Storage Settings

• cache_dir: Directory for package downloads cache
• packages_dir: Directory for extracted packages
• max_cache_size: Maximum cache size (e.g., "2GB", "500MB")

Optimization Settings

• parallel_workers: Number of workers for parallel package processing
• batch_size: Batch size for parallel operations
• enable_checksums: Enable package checksum validation for change detection
• checksum_algorithm: Algorithm to use (blake3, sha256, sha1)
• checksum_cache_size: Size of checksum cache
• enable_metrics: Enable performance metrics collection
• metrics_interval: Metrics collection interval

Note: SQLite handles indexing, compression, and memory mapping automatically - no manual configuration needed!

API Overview

Core Types

• CanonicalManager: Main entry point for all operations
• FcmConfig: Configuration management
• CanonicalResolver: Fast URL resolution engine
• SearchEngine: Advanced resource search capabilities
• SqliteStorage: SQLite-based storage with automatic indexing

Key Methods

// Package management
manager.install_package("package-name", "version").await?;
manager.remove_package("package-name", "version").await?;
manager.list_packages().await?;

// Batch installation (optimized for multiple packages)
manager.install_packages_batch(&packages).await?;

// Resource resolution
let resource = manager.resolve("canonical-url").await?;
let resources = manager.batch_resolve(&urls).await?;

// Resolution with FHIR version
let resource = manager.resolve_with_fhir_version(
    "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient",
    "4.0.1"
).await?;

// Search functionality
let results = manager.search()
    .resource_type("StructureDefinition")
    .package("hl7.fhir.us.core")
    .canonical_pattern("Patient")
    .execute().await?;

// Search parameter retrieval
let search_params = manager.get_search_parameters("Patient").await?;
for param in search_params {
    println!("{}: {} ({})", param.code, param.name, param.type_field);
}

// Load local packages
manager.load_from_directory("/path/to/package", Some("my.package@1.0.0")).await?;
manager.load_resources_from_directory("/path/to/resources").await?;

CLI Commands

Performance

The canonical manager is optimized for speed and reliability:

SQLite Backend Benefits

• B-tree Indexes: O(1) canonical URL lookups without manual index management (~7ms average query time)
• WAL Mode: Write-Ahead Logging for better concurrency and crash recovery
• Single-Query Joins: Eliminates separate package lookups for faster resolution
• Atomic Transactions: Ensures data consistency across operations
• Automatic Optimization: SQLite handles compression, memory mapping, and index maintenance

Additional Optimizations

• Batch Installation: Install N packages with single index rebuild instead of N rebuilds
• Streaming Downloads: Efficient package downloads with progress tracking
• Change Detection: Blake3 checksums for fast package change detection
• Parallel Processing: Configurable worker threads for package extraction
• Dependency Resolution: Automatic handling of package dependencies
• Smart Caching: Minimizes network requests and disk I/O

Benchmark Results

• Canonical URL resolution: ~7ms average
• Package installation: Optimized with batch operations
• Search queries: Fast text indexing with SQLite FTS5
• Multi-version support: Efficient storage with deduplication

Architecture

Storage Layer

• SqliteStorage: Industry-standard SQLite database with:
  • B-tree indexes for fast lookups
  • JSON storage for flexible resource data
  • WAL mode for concurrency
  • Atomic transactions for consistency

Resolution Strategies

1. Exact Match: Direct B-tree index lookup (fastest)
2. Version Fallback: Find latest version of base URL
3. Fuzzy Matching: Levenshtein distance for typo tolerance

Search Capabilities

• Full-text search with inverted text index
• Filter by resource type, package, URL patterns
• Faceted search with relevance scoring
• SearchParameter resource queries

Development

# Run tests
just test

# Check code quality
just check

# Fix formatting and linting
just fix-all

# Prepare for publishing
just prepare-publish

# Generate documentation
just docs

# Run examples
cargo run --example search_parameters
cargo run --example configuration

Examples

See the examples directory for more usage examples:

• basic_usage.rs: Basic package management and resolution
• search_parameters.rs: Working with FHIR SearchParameters
• configuration.rs: Configuration management

License

Licensed under either of:

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE)
• MIT License (LICENSE-MIT)

at your option.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Links

• Documentation
• Crates.io
• Repository
• Issue Tracker

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