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Definition for Code System ReferenceHandlingPolicy
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="reference-handling-policy"/><meta ><lastUpdated value="2019年10月24日T11:53:00+11:00"/></meta><text ><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2 >ReferenceHandlingPolicy</h2><div ><p >A set of flags that defines how references are supported.</p></div><p >This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr ><td ><b >Code</b></td><td ><b >Display</b></td><td ><b >Definition</b></td></tr><tr ><td >literal <a name="reference-handling-policy-literal"></a></td><td >Literal References</td><td >The server supports and populates Literal references where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced')</td></tr><tr ><td >logical <a name="reference-handling-policy-logical"></a></td><td >Logical References</td><td >The server allows logical references</td></tr><tr ><td >resolves <a name="reference-handling-policy-resolves"></a></td><td >Resolves References</td><td >The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical)</td></tr><tr ><td >enforced <a name="reference-handling-policy-enforced"></a></td><td >Reference Integrity Enforced</td><td >The server enforces that references have integrity - e.g. it ensures that references can always be resolved. This is typically the case for clinical record systems, but often not the case for middleware/proxy systems</td></tr><tr ><td >local <a name="reference-handling-policy-local"></a></td><td >Local References Only</td><td >The server does not support references that point to other servers</td></tr></table></div></text><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status"><valueString value="Informative"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm"><valueInteger value="3"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"><valueCode value="fhir"/></extension><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy"/><identifier ><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.193"/></identifier><version value="3.0.2"/><name value="ReferenceHandlingPolicy"/><status value="draft"/><experimental value="false"/><date value="2019年10月24日T11:53:00+11:00"/><publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/><contact ><telecom ><system value="url"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom><telecom ><system value="email"/><value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/></telecom></contact><description value="A set of flags that defines how references are supported."/><caseSensitive value="true"/><valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-handling-policy"/><content value="complete"/><concept ><code value="literal"/><display value="Literal References"/><definition value="The server supports and populates Literal references where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced')"/></concept><concept ><code value="logical"/><display value="Logical References"/><definition value="The server allows logical references"/></concept><concept ><code value="resolves"/><display value="Resolves References"/><definition value="The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical)"/></concept><concept ><code value="enforced"/><display value="Reference Integrity Enforced"/><definition value="The server enforces that references have integrity - e.g. it ensures that references can always be resolved. This is typically the case for clinical record systems, but often not the case for middleware/proxy systems"/></concept><concept ><code value="local"/><display value="Local References Only"/><definition value="The server does not support references that point to other servers"/></concept></CodeSystem>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.