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Terminology Server Base Conformance Statement (id = "conformance-terminology-server")
<Conformance xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="conformance-terminology-server"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Terminology Service Conformance Statement</h2> <p>Basic conformance statement for a Terminology Server. A server can support more fucntionality than defined here, but this is the minimum amount</p> <table> <tr> <td>Mode</td> <td>SERVER</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Description</td> <td>RESTful Terminology Server</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Transaction</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>System History</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>System Search</td> <td/> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <th> <b>Resource Type</b> </th> <th> <b>Profile</b> </th> <th> <b>Read</b> </th> <th> <b>V-Read</b> </th> <th> <b>Search</b> </th> <th> <b>Update</b> </th> <th> <b>Updates</b> </th> <th> <b>Create</b> </th> <th> <b>Delete</b> </th> <th> <b>History</b> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>ValueSet</td> <td> <a href="StructureDefinition/ValueSet">StructureDefinition/ValueSet</a> </td> <td>y</td> <td/> <td>y</td> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>ConceptMap</td> <td> <a href="StructureDefinition/ConceptMap">StructureDefinition/ConceptMap</a> </td> <td>y</td> <td/> <td>y</td> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td/> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <!-- in addition to the code systems defined in line in value sets, terminology servers also provide terminology functionality on additional code systems. Typically, LOINC, SNOMED CT, RcNorm in USA, etc). These extra code systems are declared here in this extension. It's a todo for a future version to standardise things like which versions are supported etc. --> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/conformance-supported-system"> <valueUri value="http://loinc.org"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/terminology-server"/> <name value="Terminology Service Conformance Statement"/> <status value="draft"/> <publisher value="HL7, Inc"/> <contact> <name value="FHIR Project"/> <telecom> <system value="other"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2015-07-05"/> <description value="Basic conformance statement for a Terminology Server. A server can support more fucntionality than defined here, but this is the minimum amount"/> <kind value="capability"/> <software> <name value="ACME Terminology Server"/> </software> <fhirVersion value="1.0.0"/> <!-- this can be either, but accepting unknown elements is preferred for forwards compatibility (Not that it matters during the DSTU period) --> <acceptUnknown value="both"/> <!-- json is mandatory, for support of mobile clients --> <format value="json"/> <!-- xml is optional, but strongly recommended --> <format value="xml"/> <!-- profile - terminology servers may consider supporting the shareable value set directly, but are not required. HL7 servers will <profile> <reference value="StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </profile> --> <rest> <mode value="server"/> <documentation value="RESTful Terminology Server"/> <security> <!-- yes - terminology servers are expected to be used from web applications, and need to implement CORS --> <cors value="true"/> <!-- this bit is optional: security using registered client certificates --> <service> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-security-service"/> <code value="Certificates"/> </coding> </service> </security> <!-- Server could implement value set & concept map editing using SMART-on-FHIR, but this doesn't make sense for the actual terminology services API <service> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-security-service"/> <code value="SMART-on-FHIR"/> </coding> </service> --> <!-- value set. Must provide read and search --> <resource> <type value="ValueSet"/> <profile> <reference value="StructureDefinition/ValueSet"/> </profile> <interaction> <code value="read"/> <documentation value="Read allows clients to get the logical definitions of the value sets"/> </interaction> <interaction> <code value="search-type"/> <documentation value="Search allows clients to find value sets on the server"/> </interaction> <!-- servers should also consider offering these interactions to allow clients to edit the content on the server, but are not required to do so <interaction> <code value="create"/> </interaction> <interaction> <code value="update"/> </interaction> <interaction> <code value="delete"/> </interaction> this bit is up to servers - if they support editing, they should do so version safely <versioning value="versioned-update"/> --> <!-- no need for version history (though servers can), and no need to conditional updates etc --> <!-- search parameters: at least code, date, name, reference, status, system, url and version. More is recommended --> <searchParam> <name value="code"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-code"/> <type value="token"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="date"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-date"/> <type value="date"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="name"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-name"/> <type value="string"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="reference"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-reference"/> <type value="token"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="status"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-status"/> <type value="token"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="system"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-system"/> <type value="uri"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="url"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-url"/> <type value="uri"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="version"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ValueSet-version"/> <type value="token"/> </searchParam> </resource> <resource> <type value="ConceptMap"/> <profile> <reference value="StructureDefinition/ConceptMap"/> </profile> <interaction> <code value="read"/> <documentation value="Read allows clients to get the logical definitions of the concept maps"/> </interaction> <interaction> <code value="search-type"/> <documentation value="Search allows clients to find concept maps on the server"/> </interaction> <!-- servers should also consider offering these interactions to allow clients to edit the content on the server, but are not required to do so <interaction> <code value="create"/> </interaction> <interaction> <code value="update"/> </interaction> <interaction> <code value="delete"/> </interaction> this bit is up to servers - if they support editing, they should do so version safely <versioning value="versioned-update"/> --> <!-- no need for version history (though servers can), and no need to conditional updates etc --> <!-- search parameters: at least date, name, status, source, target, url, version. More is recommended --> <searchParam> <name value="date"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-date"/> <type value="date"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="name"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-name"/> <type value="string"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="status"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-status"/> <type value="token"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="source"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-source"/> <type value="uri"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="target"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-target"/> <type value="uri"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="url"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-url"/> <type value="uri"/> </searchParam> <searchParam> <name value="version"/> <definition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/ConceptMap-version"/> <type value="token"/> </searchParam> </resource> <!-- now, operations. We expect terminology services to implement these named services, though not necessarily actually these profiles --> <operation> <name value="expand"/> <definition> <reference value="OperationDefinition/ValueSet-expand"/> </definition> </operation> <operation> <name value="lookup"/> <definition> <reference value="OperationDefinition/ValueSet-lookup"/> </definition> </operation> <operation> <name value="validate-code"/> <definition> <reference value="OperationDefinition/ValueSet-validate-code"/> </definition> </operation> <operation> <name value="translate"/> <definition> <reference value="OperationDefinition/ConceptMap-translate"/> </definition> </operation> <operation> <name value="closure"/> <definition> <reference value="OperationDefinition/ConceptMap-closure"/> </definition> </operation> </rest> </Conformance>
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