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Definition for Value SetBindingStrength
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="binding-strength"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-04-03T14:24:32.000+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/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/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.1552"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/binding-strength"/> <version value="0.5.0"/> <name value="BindingStrength"/> <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="Indication of the degree of conformance expectations associated with a binding"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2015-04-03T14:24:32+11:00"/> <define> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1552"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/binding-strength"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="required"/> <display value="Required"/> <definition value="To be conformant, instances of this element SHALL include a code from the specified value set."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="extensible"/> <display value="Extensible"/> <definition value="To be conformant, instances of this element SHALL include a code from the specified value set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated. If the valueset does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate codings (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="preferred"/> <display value="Preferred"/> <definition value="Instances are encouraged to draw from the specified codes for interoperability purposes but are not required to do so to be considered conformant."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="example"/> <display value="Example"/> <definition value="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set. The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included."/> </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.