This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.4.0: DSTU 2 Draft). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
Definition for Value SetDataType
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="data-types"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-02-23T09:07:27.665+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/Profile/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.3"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/data-types"/> <version value="0.4.0"/> <name value="DataType"/> <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="The type of an element - one of the FHIR data types"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2015-02-23T09:07:27+11:00"/> <define> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.3"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/data-types"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="Address"/> <definition value="There is a variety of postal address formats defined around the world. This format defines a superset that is the basis for all addresses around the world."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Age"/> <definition value="A duration (length of time) with a UCUM code"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Attachment"/> <definition value="For referring to data content defined in other formats."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="BackboneElement"/> <definition value="Base definition for all elements that are defined inside a resource - but not those in a data type."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="CodeableConcept"/> <definition value="A concept that may be defined by a formal reference to a terminology or ontology or may be provided by text."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Coding"/> <definition value="A reference to a code defined by a terminology system."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="ContactPoint"/> <definition value="Details for All kinds of technology mediated contact points for a person or organization, including telephone, email, etc."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Count"/> <definition value="A count of a discrete element (no unit)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Distance"/> <definition value="A measure of distance"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Duration"/> <definition value="A length of time"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Element"/> <definition value="Base definition for all elements in a resource."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="ElementDefinition"/> <definition value="Captures constraints on each element within the resource, profile, or extension."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Extension"/> <definition value="Optional Extensions Element - found in all resources."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="HumanName"/> <definition value="A human's name with the ability to identify parts and usage."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Identifier"/> <definition value="A technical identifier - identifies some entity uniquely and unambiguously."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Meta"/> <definition value="The metadata about a resource. This is content in the resource that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content may not always be associated with version changes to the resource."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Money"/> <definition value="An amount of money. With regard to precision, see [[X]]"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Narrative"/> <definition value="A human-readable formatted text, including images."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Period"/> <definition value="A time period defined by a start and end date and optionally time."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Quantity"/> <definition value="A measured amount (or an amount that can potentially be measured). Note that measured amounts include amounts that are not precisely quantified, including amounts involving arbitrary units and floating currencies."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Range"/> <definition value="A set of ordered Quantities defined by a low and high limit."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Ratio"/> <definition value="A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Reference"/> <definition value="A reference from one resource to another."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="SampledData"/> <definition value="A series of measurements taken by a device, with upper and lower limits. There may be more than one dimension in the data."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Signature"/> <definition value="An XML digital signature along with supporting context."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Timing"/> <definition value="Specifies an event that may occur multiple times. Timing schedules are used for to record when things are expected or requested to occur."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="base64Binary"/> <definition value="A stream of bytes"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="boolean"/> <definition value="Value of "true" or "false""/> </concept> <concept> <code value="code"/> <definition value="A string which has at least one character and no leading or trailing whitespace and where there is no whitespace other than single spaces in the contents"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="date"/> <definition value="A date, or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month). There is no time zone. The format is a union of the schema types gYear, gYearMonth and date. Dates SHALL be valid dates."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="dateTime"/> <definition value="A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month). If hours and minutes are specified, a time zone SHALL be populated. The format is a union of the schema types gYear, gYearMonth, date and dateTime. Seconds may be provided but may also be ignored. Dates SHALL be valid dates."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="decimal"/> <definition value="A rational number with implicit precision"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="id"/> <definition value="Any combination of lowercase letters, numerals, "-" and ".", with a length limit of 36 characters. (This might be an integer, an unprefixed OID, UUID or any other identifier pattern that meets these constraints.) Systems SHALL send ids as lower-case but SHOULD interpret them case-insensitively."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="instant"/> <definition value="An instant in time - known at least to the second"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="integer"/> <definition value="A whole number"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="oid"/> <definition value="An oid represented as a URI"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="string"/> <definition value="A sequence of Unicode characters"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="time"/> <definition value="A time during the day, with no date specified"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="uri"/> <definition value="String of characters used to identify a name or a resource"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="uuid"/> <definition value="A UUID, represented as a URI"/> </concept> </define> </ValueSet>
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.