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Codesystem-reference-handling-policy.json

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Definition for Code System ReferenceHandlingPolicy

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "reference-handling-policy",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2016-12-06T12:22:34.981+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.0"
  },
  "version": "1.8.0",
  "name": "ReferenceHandlingPolicy",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "date": "2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00",
  "description": "A set of flags that defines how references are supported",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-handling-policy",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "literal",
      "display": "Literal References",
      "definition": "The server supports and populates Literal references where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced')"
    },
    {
      "code": "logical",
      "display": "Logical References",
      "definition": "The server allows logical references"
    },
    {
      "code": "resolves",
      "display": "Resolves References",
      "definition": "The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical)"
    },
    {
      "code": "enforced",
      "display": "Reference Integrity Enforced",
      "definition": "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 no the case for middleware/proxy systems"
    },
    {
      "code": "local",
      "display": "Local References Only",
      "definition": "The server does not support references that point to other servers"
    }
  ]
}

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.