FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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4.3.1.192 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-handling-policy

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level: 3 Informative Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-handling-policy

Name: ReferenceHandlingPolicy

Definition: A set of flags that defines how references are supported.

Committee: FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.192 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

This value set is the designated 'entire code system' value set for ReferenceHandlingPolicy
CapabilityStatement.rest.resource.referencePolicy (Required)

4.3.1.192.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Include all codes defined in http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy

4.3.1.192.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 Apr 2017

This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion based on http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy version 3.0.2

All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy

Code Display Definition

literal Literal References The server supports and populates Literal references where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced')

logical Logical References The server allows logical references

resolves Resolves References The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical)

enforced Reference Integrity Enforced 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

local Local References Only The server does not support references that point to other servers

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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies

Source The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)

Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')

Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application

Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept

Comments Additional notes about how to use the code