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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" } ] }
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