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Definition for Code System ReferenceHandlingPolicy
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "reference-handling-policy",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2018-04-03T12:05:46.262+10:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode": "fhir"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
"valueString": "Normative"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 3
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.203"
},
"version": "3.3.0",
"name": "ReferenceHandlingPolicy",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2018-04-03T12:05:46+10:00",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"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 not 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.