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Definition for Value SetIssueType
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "issue-type",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2015-04-03T14:24:32.000+11:00",
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"
]
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
"valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.121"
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/issue-type",
"version": "0.5.0",
"name": "IssueType",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "A coded expression of the type of issue",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2015-04-03T14:24:32+11:00",
"define": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
"valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.121"
}
],
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/issue-type",
"caseSensitive": true,
"concept": [
{
"code": "invalid",
"display": "Invalid Content",
"definition": "Content invalid against the Specification or a Profile.",
"concept": [
{
"code": "structure",
"display": "Structural Issue",
"definition": "A structural issue in the content such as wrong namespace, or unable to parse the content completely, or invalid json syntax."
},
{
"code": "required",
"display": "Required element missing",
"definition": "A required element is missing."
},
{
"code": "value",
"display": "Element value invalid",
"definition": "element value invalid."
},
{
"code": "invariant",
"display": "Validation rule failed",
"definition": "A content validation rule failed - e.g. a schematron rule."
}
]
},
{
"code": "security",
"display": "Security Problem",
"definition": "An authentication/authorization/permissions issueof some kind.",
"concept": [
{
"code": "login",
"display": "Login Required",
"definition": "the client needs to initiate an authentication process."
},
{
"code": "unknown",
"display": "Unknown User",
"definition": "The user or system was not able to be authenticated (either there is no process, or the proferred token is unacceptable)."
},
{
"code": "expired",
"display": "Session Expired",
"definition": "User session expired; a login may be required."
},
{
"code": "forbidden",
"display": "Forbidden",
"definition": "The user does not have the rights to perform this action."
},
{
"code": "suppressed",
"display": "Information Suppressed",
"definition": "Some information was not or may not have been returned due to business rules, consent or privacy rules, or access permission constraints. This information may be accessible through alternate processes."
}
]
},
{
"code": "processing",
"display": "Processing Failure",
"definition": "Processing issues. These are expected to be final e.g. there is no point resubmitting the same content unchanged.",
"concept": [
{
"code": "not-supported",
"display": "Content not supported",
"definition": "The resource or profile is not supported."
},
{
"code": "duplicate",
"display": "Duplicate",
"definition": "An attempt was made to create a duplicate record."
},
{
"code": "not-found",
"display": "Not Found",
"definition": "The reference provided was not found. In a pure RESTful environment, this would be an HTTP 404 error, but this code may be used where the content is not found further into the application architecture."
},
{
"code": "too-long",
"display": "Content Too Long",
"definition": "Provided content is too long (typically, this is a denial of service protection type of error)."
},
{
"code": "code-invalid",
"display": "Invalid Code",
"definition": "The code or system could not be understood, or it was not valid in the context of a particular ValueSet."
},
{
"code": "extension",
"display": "Unacceptable Extension",
"definition": "An extension was found that was not acceptable, or that could not be resolved, or a modifierExtension that was not recognised."
},
{
"code": "too-costly",
"display": "Operation Too Costly",
"definition": "The operation was stopped to protect server resources. E.g. a request for a value set expansion on all of SNOMED CT."
},
{
"code": "business-rule",
"display": "Business Rule Violation",
"definition": "The content/operation failed to pass some business rule, and so could not proceed."
},
{
"code": "conflict",
"display": "Edit Version Conflict",
"definition": "content could not be accepted because of an edit conflict (i.e. version aware updates) (In a pure RESTful environment, this would be an HTTP 404 error, but this code may be used where the conflict is discovered further into the application architecture)."
},
{
"code": "incomplete",
"display": "Incomplete Results",
"definition": "Not all data sources typically accessed could be reached, or responded in time, so the returned information may not be complete."
}
]
},
{
"code": "transient",
"display": "Transient Issue",
"definition": "Transient processing issues. The system receiving the error may be able to resubmit the same content once an underlying issue is resolved.",
"concept": [
{
"code": "lock-error",
"display": "Lock Error",
"definition": "A resource/record locking failure (usually in an underlying database)."
},
{
"code": "no-store",
"display": "No Store Available",
"definition": "The persistent store unavailable. E.g. the database is down for maintenance or similar."
},
{
"code": "exception",
"display": "Exception",
"definition": "An unexpected internal error."
},
{
"code": "timeout",
"display": "Timeout",
"definition": "An internal timeout occurred."
},
{
"code": "throttled",
"display": "Throttled",
"definition": "The system is not prepared to handle this request due to load management."
}
]
},
{
"code": "informational",
"display": "Informational Note",
"definition": "A message unrelated to the processing success of the completed operation (Examples of the latter include things like reminders of password expiry, system maintenance times, etc.)."
}
]
}
}
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.